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Rh Hospital, Chicago. Author: The Would-Be Witch; House of the Red Fox.

BYRNES, Esther Russell, 193 Jefferson Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Biologist, teacher; b. Overbrook, Pa., Nov. 3, 1866; dau. Jacob Russell and Mary (Wilson) Byrnes; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., B.A. '91, M.A. '94, Ph.D. '98; Garrett graduate scholar in biology; fellow in biology, Bryn Mawr Coll. Assistant in Dep't Biology, Vassar, 1891-93; student assistant in Biological Laboratory, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1895-97. Teacher Biology Girls' High School, Brooklyn, 1898-1912. Fellow N.Y. Acad. Science. Author: Origin of Limb Muscles in Amphibia; Maturation and Fertilization in Limax Campestris; Regeneration of Limbs in Frog Tadpoles After the Extirpation of Limb-Rudiments; The Fresh Water Cyclops of Long Island. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Mem. Woods Hall Biological Ass'n, Soc. Am. Naturalists, Intercoll. Socialists, Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences, Alumnae Ass'n Bryn Mawr Coll. Recreations: Housekeeping, varied by travel, music, literature. Studied at Maine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., and at Cold Spring Harbor, L.I., N.Y. Traveled in Europe, 1901-06.

BYRNES, Josephine Armstrong (Mrs. William J. Byrnes), 1726 Eighth Av., N., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 22, 1869; dau. Solomon and Angeline (Scribner) Armstrong; grad. Ann Arbor (Mich.) High School, with honors, '76; m. Feb. 4, 1886, William J. Byrnes, M.D.; children: Lyle, b. Nov. 17, 1886; William A., b. Sept. 19, 1890; Martica, b. Nov. 25, 1892; Josephine, b. Nov. 17, 1894. Taught in Ann Arbor public schools; was principal of school four years. Mem. Woman's Alliance. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Political Equality Club of Minneapolis. Unitarian. Mem. D.A.R., Woman's Auxiliary of Hennepin Co. Med. Soc, Minn. Territorial Pioneers (through husband), Woman's Alliance. Mem. Oak Park Literary Club, Tuesday Study Club, Lewis Parliamentary Ass'n.

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CABEEN, Sarah Biddle (Mrs. Francis von A. Cabeen), New Britain, Pa.

Born Philadelphia, Pa., Jan., 1867; dau. Thomas and Sarah T. (White) Biddle; ed. Miss Agnes Irwin's School, Philadelphia; m. May 19, 1904, Francis von A. Cabeen. Interested in literary and social work. Author: The Sister, or A Romance of the United Brethren. House mem. of the College Club of Philadelphia. Episcopalian. On maternal side great-granddaughter of Bishop William White, first bishop of the Episcopal Church in America; on paternal side great-granddaughter of Clement Biddle (quarter-master-general on Washington's staff at Valley Forge) and his wife, Rebecca Cornell.

CABEEN, Sarah Clark (Mrs. William C. Cabeen), 807 Comstock Av., Syracuse, N.Y.

Born Portage, Wis., Aug. 14, 1861; dau. John Tillotson and Louise (Holley) Clark; grad. Univ. of Wis., B.L. '84; m. Portage, Wis., July 15, 1885, William Charles Cabeen; children: Daniel Clark, Ruth Holley, Donald Stewart, Charles Kirkland. Teacher Philathea Class, Plymouth Sunday School; mem. Foreign Missionary Com., Woman's Guild, Plymouth Church, Y.W.C.A. Com., Consumers' League, Political Equality Club. Congregationalist. Mem. Onondaga Chapter D.A.R.; mem. Board of Management and Educational Com., Ass'n Coll. Alumnae, Press Com. (Central N.Y. Branch). Mem. Fortnightly Club, Social Art Club. Recreations: Walking, gardening.

CABELL, Anne Branch (Mrs. R. G. Cabell), 1811 Park Av., Richmond, Va.

Born Petersburg, Va., Dec. 31, 1860; dau. James Read and Martha Louise (Patteson) Branch; ed. Miss Gordon's School, Richmond, Va. ; Edge Hill Randolph School, Albemarle Co., received highest honors and literature scholarship; m. Richmond, Va., Nov. 14, 1877, R. G. Cabell Jr.; children: James Branch, Robert Gamble, John Lawrence. Episcopalian. Recreations: Out-door life, literature and genealogy. Favors woman suffrage.

CABELL, Isa Carrington (Mrs. Edward Carrington Cabell), 329 Amsterdam Av., N.Y. City.

Author; b. Va.; dau. Isaac and Sarah E. (Read) Carrington; ed. Mary Baldwin Sem., Staunton, Va. (Medallist), 1875; m. Richmond, Va., 1876, Edward Carrington Cabell. Has been connected with Richmond Dispatch, New York Herald, New York World, literary editor Hartford Courant, held staff position on Baltimore Sun, wrote under the title of "Carisabel"; essays on humorous topics (8 years); has been an assistant editor of The Bellman for some years; contributor to Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazar, The Youth's Companion. Author: Seen from the Saddle; Thoughtless Thoughts of Carisabel. Has spent time in reading, writing and preparing for daily and weekly journals with which she is connected; has lived in Europe and America and divided time between Va., Hartford, Conn., and N.Y. Mem. Barnard Club, Colonial Dames of America. Roman Catholic. Democrat. Favors woman suffrage.

CABELL, Margaret (Mrs. Ashley Cabell), Kirkwood, St. Louis, Mo.

Born Nashville, Tenn., July 4, 1862; dau. Aaron and Frances (Gowdey) Stretch; grad. Dr. Ward's Acad., Nashville, Tenn., 1880; m. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1881, Ashley Cabell; one son: Carrington Cabell. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R.

CABLE, Ida Tower, Bradford, Pa.

Editor and publisher; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 23, 1860; dau. Gad H. and Rebecca (Smith) Tower; ed. Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. Pittsburgh, May 1, 1876, Daniel J. Cable; one son: Gustine Tower, b. May 7, 1878. Newspaper reporter, then editor Erie Messenger-Graphic, purchased Bradford Herald and edits same. Vice-pres. Internat. League of Press Clubs; mem. Nat. Women's Press Ass'n, Pa. Women's Press Ass'n, Pittsburgh Women's Press Club. Director McKean County Children's Home; vice-pres. Children's Aid Soc. of McKean Co.; sec. McKean Co. Historical Soc; mem. Governing Board Women's Literary Club. Episcopalian. Mem. Country Club of Bradford, Pa. Speaker on various topics, after dinner speaker.

CABOT, Caroline Sturgis (Mrs. Follen Cabot), 21 W. Cedar St., Boston, Mass.

Author; b. Concord, Mass., April 13, 1846; dau. William Ellen Channing (poet and essayist) and Ellen K. (Fuller) Channing, sister of Margaret Fuller; ed. privately; m. Boston, Sept. 20, 1865, Follen Cabot (died 1905). Author: Six Stories in the Child's Hour, 1898; Sketches of Nantucket, Mass., 1899; Football Grandma, 1905. Episcopalian. Mem. Boston Browning Soc, Boston Authors' Club.

CABOT, Elinore Blake (Mrs. W. Channing Cabot), Nantucket, Mass.

Born Portsmouth, N.H.; ed. high school, Portsmouth, N.H.; Miss Florence Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and at Bryn Mawr Coll., 1894-96; m. 1901, W. Channing Cabot. Private tutor, Biltmore, N.C., 1897-99; teacher of mathematics and Latin in Miss Roberts' School and in the Brearley School, N.Y. City, 1899-1901. Pres. Woman's Auxiliary of the Civic League of Nantucket, 1904-05.

CABOT, Ella Lyman (Mrs. Richard Clarke Cabot), 1 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Educator; b. Boston, Mass.; dau. Arthur T. and Ella (Lowell) Lyman; ed. private schools in Boston, Radcliffe Coll. (special student); grad. courses in philosophy and logic at Harvard Univ.; m. Waltham, Mass., Oct. 26, 1894, Dr. Richard Clarke Cabot (professor in Harvard Med. Coll. and author of several medical books). Has taught ethics in private schools in Boston. Appointed on Mass. Board of Education, 1904. Sec. Mass. Branch of Am. School Peace League, 1911. Pres. Civil Service Reform Auxiliary of Mass. Chairman Education Dep't of Woman's Municipal League of Boston; mem. Council of Religious Education Ass'n. Trustee of Radcliffe Coll.; pres. Radcliffe Coll. Auxiliary. Mem. Nat. Education