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296 of her parents in Chicago, Illinois. Not long after her marriage she removed to Santa Fe, New Mexico. General Logan having secured the appointment of her husband as an officer in the United States army he was ordered to that remote station. Notwithstanding her youth she adapted herself to all the inconveniences of army life which existed twenty-five years ago.

By her keen intelligence, happy disposition, knowledge of human nature, generous hospitality and versatility in originating entertainments, and helpfulness in all efforts for the betterment of conditions and welfare of the army people, and in all emergencies, she won for herself great popularity and the highest esteem of the citizens of Santa Fe and her associates in the army. In 1886 her husband was ordered to Washington, hence it happened they were both with her parents when her distinguished father died. They remained with the widowed mother for eight years. Part of this time Mrs. Tucker was engaged as one of the staff of the Home Magazine, then published in Washington, D. C. Her literary career was interrupted by her husband's orders to other posts of duty as an army officer, including the stations of St. Paul, Chicago and Manila, P. I. Mrs. Tucker is the mother of three sons, two of whom are dead. Her youngest son died in Manila, August 5, 1905. Mrs. Tucker is a woman of marked ability, keen perception, and dauntless moral courage. She has traveled extensively, is an omnivorous reader, and has an unusually extensive knowledge of affairs political and otherwise, her perfect taste guiding her aright in the refinements of life. She is deeply interested and ever ready to join in every movement for the uplift of mankind and the advancement of civilization. She is a member of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Civic Federation and the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and is to deliver an address before this Society at the meeting, October 11, 1911, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Was the granddaughter of the late Hon. Charles Nichols, United States Minister to The Hague, and great-granddaughter of Benjamin Romaine, at one time second comptroller of New York City. Her husband, Hon. Charles Emory Smith, was at one time United States Minister to St. Petersburg, and afterwards in the cabinets of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt as postmaster-general.

Was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, September 30, 1842. One of her ancestors was John Baptiste Poree, Counsel of America, in 1812. She was for thirty-eight years assistant in the Boston Public Library, in charge of the Men's Reading Room, Periodical Department. For many years she has been an assistant in the new Library of Copley Square.

Was the daughter of Hon. John A. Wilcox and Mary Donelson Wilcox. Her mother enjoyed the distinction of being the first child born in the White