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Rh CHASE, Fannie Scott Hubbard (Mrs. Walter Greenough Chase), 279 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Born Liverpool, England, Feb. 10, 1875; dau. Joseph Tucker and Fannie Thaxter (Scott) Hubbard; ed. Charleston, S.C.; grad. Miss Smith's School, '93; m. Wiscasset, Me., Oct. 20, 1906, Dr. Walter Greenough Chase; children: Charles Greenough, b. June 3, 1908; Judith Thaxter, b. July 7, 1910. Mem. Huguenot Church of Charleston, S.C; New England Historic-Genealogical Soc.; sec. Mayflower Descendants; former mem. Country Club of Charleston. Against woman suffrage.

CHASE, Grace Amelia Slafter (Mrs. George W. Chase), East Thetford, Vt.

Born East Thetford, Vt., Jan. 31, 1878; dau. Carlos and Lydia R. (Hagan) Slafter; ed. Thetford Acad., class of '96; m. Thetford, Vt., Aug. 4, 1902, George W. Chase. Mem. Grange, Ladies' Benevolent Soc. of Thetford. Thetford Kitchen, Thetford Acad. Alumni Ass'ri, Thursday Club of East Thetford, Vt. Recreations: Reading, nature study. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

CHASE, Jessie Anderson, "Hundridge," West Newbury, Mass.

Author; b. Cincinnati, May 6, 1865; dau. Rev. James M. Anderson, D.D., and Elizabeth (Robbins) Anderson; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '86; m. Duluth, Minn., 1897, Robert Savage Chase; children; Elizabeth LeBaron, Charles Chauncey, Josephine Leverett. Author: Three Freshmen (first published serially in St. Nicholas); Mayken; A Study of English Words; A Daughter of the Revolution; also stories in St. Nicholas, Life, American Magazine, etc. Episcopalian. Mem. Woman's Club of Newburyport.

CHASE, Jessie Clara, 31 Edmund Place, Detroit, Mich.

Chief of branch libraries, Detroit Public Library; b. Jan. 15, 1860; dau. Theodore Russell and Ellen Augusta (Smith) Chase; ed. in city schools of Cleveland, O., and Wells Coll., B.S. Has been connected with charitable and religious activities; sec. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants in Mich.; mem. D.A.R., Daughters of Founders and Patriots, Eastern Ass'n of Wells Coll., Y.W.C.A., College Club of Detroit. Episcopalian.

CHASE, Lauretta Adelaide Hanford (Mrs. George Thorndike Chase), 62 W. 130th St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City; dau. George Fordham and Emma L. (Whitlock) Hanford; ed. private and public schools and Normal Coll. of N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, June 12, 1895, Dr. George Thorndike Chase (Harvard '80; visiting surgeon Knickerbocker Hospital, formerly J. Hood Wright Hospital, N.Y. City); children: George Abbot, b. Sept. 15, 1898 (died Mar. 25, 1899); George Thorndike Jr., b. Jan. 17, 1903. Sec. Knickerbocker Chapter Daughters of Revolution; mem. N.Y. Peace Soc, Nat. Soc. New England Women, and various social clubs (cards and literary). Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage.

CHASE, Mabel A., Mt. Holyoke Coll., South Hadley, Mass.

College professor; b. Lyndonville, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1865; dau. Frederic Augustus and Julia Augusta (Spence) Chase; grad. Oberlin Coll., A.B. '88; Cornell Univ., M.A. '90; Univ. of Chicago, 1897-99, 1900-01; Imperial Coll. of Science, London, 1912 (mem. Oberlin Coll. Ladies' Literary Soc.). Instructor Wellesley Coll., 1893-97; Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1902-07; associate prof. physics, Mt. Holyoke, 1907-. Congregationalist. Democrat. Associate mem. Physical Soc. Favors woman suffrage.

CHASE, Mary Ayer (Mrs. Samuel Thompson Chase), Lake Forest, Ill.

Born Chicago, Jan. 18, 1872; dau. Benjamin F. and Janet (Hopkins) Ayer; ed. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; m. Chicago, 1897, Samuel Thompson Chase; children: Polly Elizabeth, Janette. Pres. Scribblers' Club; chairman of Woman's Golf Committee; mem. Friday Club of Chicago. Strongly opposed to woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Golf, riding, tennis.

CHASE, Mary Wood, Mary Wood Chase School of Musical Arts, 630 Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ill.

Concert pianiste and director and pres. of the Mary Wood Chase School of Musical Arts, Chicago; b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; dau. Alonzo and Cordelia M. (Wood) Chase; grad. Ithaca (N.Y.) High School, '84; New England Conservatory, Boston, '87; in Berlin, Germany, artist pupil, 1893-96, of Oscar Raif. Director music, Logan Coll., Russellville, Ky., 1889-93; associate director of music, Columbia School of Music, Chicago, 1902-06; director of music, Iowa State Univ. School of Music, 1906-08; director Mary Wood Chase School of Artistic Piano Playing, 1906-11; Mary Wood Chase School of Musical Arts, 1911-. Played with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra, and various other prominent orchestras; the Kneisel and other string quartets; in recitals and other concert engagements before the principal clubs, societies and colleges of the country. Author: Natural Laws in Piano Technic; also articles and contributions to Music (magazine). Mem. Lakeview Musical Soc. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

CHASE, Nellie Gertrude, 16 Prescott St.. Newtonville, Mass.

College instructor in English; b. Salem, Mass., June 16, 1875; dau. Stephen Freeman and Ellen Maria (Doe) Chase; ed. Allen School, West Newton, Mass., 1888-91; New (Mass.) High School, 1891-94; Smith Coll., B.L. '98 (mem. Phi Kappa Psi); Cornell Univ.; M.A. '05. At Wheaton Sem., Norton, Mass., sec. to pres., 1901-02; teacher, English and history, 9th grade, Wilson School, Natick, Mass., 1902-03; teacher, English and history, etc., E. Bridgewater, Mass., 1903-04; teacher, college preparatory, English, Wheaton Sem., 1905-09; instructor in English, Wells Coll., 1909-. Congregationalist. Mem. Smith Alumnae Ass'n, Aurora Country Club. Recreations: Golf, tennis.

CHASE, Susan Frances, 11 Ketcham Place. Buffalo, N.Y.

Educator; b. in China; father an American merchant; mother an Indo-Eurasian; both parents of marked culture. Sent to America when three years of age; grad. Univ. of Wis., B.L.; Milton Coll. M.A.; Buffalo Univ.; Teachers' Coll., Pd.D. Has taught in country schools and public schools; now teacher of psychology in the Buffalo State Normal, instructor in State institutes and lecturer on educational topics; also a contributor to educational journals and to general and educational literature.

CHASSELL, Mary Calkins (Mrs. E. D. Chassell), Le Mars, Ia.

Born Wyoming, Ia., Dec. 13, 1865; dau. Dr. M. H. and Lucinda (Louden) Calkins; ed. Mt. Carroll (Ill.) Sem.; Chicago and Boston; pupil of Mme. Hall, George C. Osgood, Frank L. Robertshaw; m. Dec. 19, 1906, E. D. Chassell. Once had charge of vocal music dep't in Cedar Valley Sem., Osage, Ia.; Drake Univ., Des Moines, Ia.; Bethany Coll., Topeka, Kan. Was cor. sec. Iowa State Federation of Women's Clubs; now chairman of its music com. Mem. D.A.R. and P.E.O., Des Moines, Ia. Clubs: Des Moines Women's, Review.

CHATFIELD, Helen Huntington (Mrs. Albert Hayden Chatfield), Madison Road, East Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.

Born Cincinnati, O., 1864; dau. Frederick Gilbert and Mary L. (Fletcher) Huntington; ed. in this country and abroad; m. Albert Hayden Chatfield; children: Frederick Huntington, William Hayden, Albert Hayden Jr. Mem. Board of Directors of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Ass'n. Mem. Colonial Dames in States of Conn, and Ohio, Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, Historical and Philosophical Soc. of Ohio, Alliance Française. Chilton Club (Boston), Mepenticook Golf Club (Camden, Me.).

CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, Rose Farwell (Mrs. H. C. Chatfleld-Taylor), Fairlawn, Lake Forest, Ill.

Born Chicago, Mar. 7, 1870; dau. Hon. Charles B. (Congressman, U.S. Senator) and Mary E. (Smith) Farwell; ed. Ferry Hall (girls' school),