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Rh actors); ed. in schools in London, and studied singing and languages in France. First professional appearance was as a singer in the Pavilion Music Hall, London; later on regular stage in pantomime Beauty and the Beast at Glasgow, Scotland, followed by a season or two in the English provinces. Then appeared in London as Mamie Rockefeller in The School Girl, 1902; later at the Lyric Theatre, London, as Lizette in The Duchess of Dantzic; in The Blue Moon, 1905; The Belle of Mayfair, 1906; then leading woman to Charles Hawtrey in Mr. George, and later as Stella, principal part in Mrs. Ponderbury's Past; came to N.Y., opening Sept. 7, 1907, with John Drew as Beatrice Dupre, leading r61e in My Wife; later starred in Love Watches, at Lyceum Theatre, N.Y. City, 1908; in Mrs. Dot, 1910; in The Runaway at the Lyceum in 1911, and in season of 1912-13 in The Mind the Paint Girl, at the Lyceum Theatre N.Y. City.

BURKE, Madeleina Forrest (Mrs. Edward F. Burke), "Ballydugan," Stevenson. Green Spring Valley, Md.

Born Hyde Park, N.Y.; dau. Charles Robert and Harriet Tisdale (Chandler) Forrest; ed. Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn.; m. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 9, 1901, Edward F. Burke; children: Randolph Forrest, Edward Winslow, Madeleine Forrest.

BURKE, Marion, 1111 Emerson St., Palo Alto, Cal.

Physician; b. Waverly, Iowa; ed. in schools of Evanston, Ill.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '81; Woman's Med. Coll. of the N.Y. Infirmary, M.D. '95. Engaged in teaching after graduation from Vassar until entering upon medical course, upon completion of which engaged in practice of medicine in California.

BURKE, Myra Webster (Mrs. Edmund Whitney Burke), 2016 Adams St., Chicago, Ill.

Born in New Jersey, Mar. 11, 1847; dau. William Varnum and Ann Beauglass (Earley) Webster; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college), '66; m. Rockford, Ill., Dec. 5, 1878, Edmund Whitney Burke (lawyer, who has served as judge of the Circuit and Appellate Courts of Ill., and as dean of the Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law); children: Harold Webster, b. May 10, 1881; Frank Haney, b. May 22, 1884. Was teacher of water-color painting and one year teacher of German in Rockford Sem. before marriage; since then resident of Chicago. Has traveled extensively in U.S. and Europe. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church; active in Sunday-school; mem. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. of M.E. Church. Republican. Recreation: Artist. Mem. West End Woman's Club.

BURKHARDT, Ethyline Durrant (Mrs. Alfred Burkhardt), Coffeeville, Miss.

Born Coffeeville, Miss., Jan. 19, 1884; dau. Horace W. and Frances (Miller) Durrant; ed. Holly Springs, Miss.; Fenelon Hall, M.A., first honors (Eutopian Soc); m. Coffeeville, Miss., Oct. 21, 1904, Alfred Burkhardt. Mem. Altar and Junior Guild (church work), King's Daughters, United Daughters of Confederacy, D.A.R., Federation of Women's Clubs, Old Ladies' Home Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Woodman Circle at Clair Spring, near Coffeeville, Miss. Chairman for town of Coffeeville to represent the Musical Symphony Orchestra Club at Charlestown and Memphis, Thursday Card Club, Woman's Culture Club, Musical Club; pres. Daughters Confederate Veterans' Club; sec. Woman's Culture Club; treas. Musical Club.

BURKHOLDER, Mabel Grace, Hamilton, Ont.

Novelist and short-story writer; b. Hamilton, Ont., Mar. 1881; dau. Peter and Annie (Street) Burkholder; ed. Hamilton Coll. Inst. Well known as traveler in out of the way places, notably northern and northwestern Canada, having been sent out by the new transcontinental railways in search of literary material. Author: The Course of Impatience Carningham (novel), 1911. Methodist. Liberal in politics. Mem. Canadian Women's Press Club.

BURLEIGH, Gertrude Florence, 82 Belmont Av., Springfield, Mass.

Teacher, social worker; b. Munich, Germany; ed. in schools of Springfield, Mass., and Vassar Coll., B.A. '01. Teacher in Greenwich (Conn.) High School, 1901-02; Hosmer Hall, St. Louis, Mo., 1902-05; district sec. Associated Charities, Boston, 1906-09.

BURLEIGH, May Halsey Miller (Mrs. Cecil Burleigh). 709 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Writer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 2, 1865; dau. David H. and Sarah Elizabeth (Halsey) Miller; ed. at home; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 25, 1900, Cecil Burleigh; one son: Richard Cecil. Author: Raoul and Iron Hand, or Winning His Golden Spurs; The Maid of Bocasse; also boys' serial stories, short fiction stories, essays on literary subjects, book reviews, papers on social and civic economics, etc. Mem. N.Y. Woman's Press Club, Writer's Club of Brooklyn, Manhattan Single Tax Club, Brooklyn Woman's Single Tax Club. Before marriage lectured on French history and English literature before schools and on civics before women's clubs.

BURLINGAME, Harriet Grace Boyd (Mrs. William Burlingame), 46 Main St., Exeter, N.H.

Born Providence, R.I., Sept 4, 1852; dau. Colville Dana and Harriet Maria (Campbell) Boyd (three of ancestors were founders of R.I.); ed. in Providence and in Mass.; m. Providence, Aug. 22, 1877, William Burlingame; two sons and two daughters. Resident of Exeter, N.H., since marriage. Has been grand matron of the Order of the Eastern Star of N.H.; pres. N.H. Fed. of Women's Clubs, now pres. Home Missionary Union of N.H. Speaker on historical and sociological subjects. Pres. Current Events Club of Exeter and past pres. of another olub. Trustee of various charitable organizations; mem. Soc. of Colonial Dames of N.H. Congregationalist.

BURLINGAME, Lillian M., 79 Hancock St., Brooklyn. N.Y.

Physician; b. Brooklyn; dau. Alvah W. and Angeline (Chichester) Burlingame; ed. Packer Coll. Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital for Women, M.D. (honors, senior prize in surgery); mem. Alumnae Ass'n of N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hosp. for Women. Visiting physician N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital Dispensary; Memorial Dispensary for Women; Eastern District Hospital Dispensary; lecturer in gynecology, N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital for Women. Mem. Women's Med. Club of N.Y. ; Soc. of New England Women. Favors woman suffrage.

BURNET, Mary Quick (Mrs. H. B. Burnet), 1864 N. Pennsylvania Av., Indianapolis, Ind.

Born Columbus, Ind., Jan. 28, 1863; dau. Spencer Record and Katharine (Houser) Quick; ed. Purdue Univ.; Indianapolis Art School; m. Dec. 25, 1889, H. B. Burnet. Chairman State Art Com. in Ind. Fed. of Clubs; chairman art dep't in Woman's Dep't Club. Mem. Children's Aid Ass'n Board; pres. Missionary Soc, Smoke Abatement Ass'n, Indianapolis Art Ass'n. Clubs: Woman's Department, Katharine Merrill, Fortnightly, Woman's Research. Favors woman suffrage.

BURNETT, Mrs. Frances Hodgson, Plandome, L.I., N.Y.

Author, dramatist; b. (Hodgson) Manchester, England, Nov. 24, 1849; ed. privately; removed with parents to Knoxville, Tenn.; m. (1st) Washington, D.C., 1873, Dr. S. M. Burnett, from whom she secured a divorce, 1898; (2d) 1900, Stephen Townesend, English surgeon, author and playwright. Professionally engaged as writer since 1867; fame began with That Lass o' Lowrie's, which was first published serially in Scribner's (now the Century) Magazine. Especially interested in all that pertains to child-welfare. Author: That Lass o' Lowrie's, 1877; Surly Tim and Other Stories, 1877; Haworth's, 1879; Louisiana, 1880; A Fair Barbarian, 1881; Through One Administration, 1883; Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1886; Sara Crewe, 1888; Little Saint Elizabeth, 1889; The Pretty Sister of Jose, 1896; A Lady of Quality, 1896; His Grace of Ormonde, 1897; The Captain's Youngest, 1898; In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim, 1899; The Making of a Marchioness, 1901; The Little Unfairy Princess,