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Rh pervaded in every tone by love and power. Her apparel was quiet, spotlessly neat, and uniquely tasteful—the apparel of a delicate, high-bred Friend. A plain gray dress sufficed for travelling, a black silk one was reserved for social and public occasions. A shawl or velvet mantle without ornament .she donned when she went to meet persons of high rank. Her waving brown hair was brought over the temples and carried above the ears, in the fashion of the period. Her soft, brilliant, blue-gray eyes, with pupils so dilating as to make them appear black, the bright glow of her cheeks, the well- set head, and distinction in carriage, all expressed the blending of dignity, force, and tenderness in her character."

ARION A. MBRIDE, journalist, widely known through the country for her work in the field of domestic science and for her philanthropic efforts in connection with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, is a native of Easthampton, Mass. Her ancestors, the Snows and Warners, have lived in Williamsburg, Mass., since 1731. Solomon Snow and Jonathan Warner responded to the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775, marching from Hampshire County to the defence of the country.

Mrs. MacBride was educated in New York, but her home for the greater part of her life has been in Boston. Her first newspaper work was done for the New York Tribune in 1881, and since that time her name has been prominent in the field of journalism. From 1881 to 1885 she was a reporter and correspondent of the Boston Post, but for the past fifteen years she has given more time to magazine work. A regular contributor to the columns of the Boston Daily Globe, New York Herald, New Orleans Picayune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and St. Louis Chronicle, she has also conducted a department in the American Art Magazine, has written articles for the Decorator and Furnisher, and has filled important positions on the leading periodicals devoted to domestic science.

Mrs. MacBride is noted for her ability as an organizer. At the Cotton Centennial Exposition in 1885 she organized the National Woman's Press Association, which became international in 1887. The Woman's Press Association of Ohio, the Southern Woman's Press Association, and the New England Woman's Press Association were all called into existence largely through her personal efforts.

Mrs. MacBride organized the first woman's department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute Fair held in Boston early in the eighties, and was also organizer and first superintendent of the woman's department of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. Long the faithful secretary of the Woman's Charity Club, she was presented by its members in 1890 with a handsome gold watch and badge.

As an honorary member of the Massachusetts Army Nurses Association, Mrs. MacBride was prominent in arranging for the reception at Memorial Hall, State House, Boston, August 17, 1904, during the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Mrs. MacBride is a national superintendent of the W. C. T. U. She is never too busy to consider all sorts of demands made upon her time and strength, provided they have a worthy object. She was one of the first and most efficient workers for the police matron measure in Boston. For several years Mrs. MacBride has pas.setl her winters in Philadelphia, where her only child, James D. MacBride, follows the profession of draftsman which he learned in Glasgow, Scotland.

ANNIE M. JONES, a prominent worker in patriotic and other societies, was born in Boston, daughter of Captain Calvin C. and Harriet K. (Chase) Wilson. Her father has been connected with the Boston' fire department for more than forty years. He is an active member of the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Honor, and other organizations. Her mother is one of the leading members of the Daughters of Rebekah, of Massachusetts, and is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Ladies, having held the highest offices m both organizations. Mrs. Jones was educated in the public schools of Boston, and is a graduate of the