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210 COWING, Marie Antoinette (Mrs. Rufus Billings Cowing), 333 W. 87th St., N.Y. City (country home, Villa Antoinette,' Cowing Place, Glenbrook, Conn.).

Pres. N.Y. City Fresh Air Fund; b. Ontario, Can., Feb. 6, 1875; dau. George Dudley and Jennette (Marrison) Ling; ed. Loretta Convent, Niagara Falls, Ont.; m. Judge Rufus B. Cowing; children: Brooks L. H., Albert Rufus Billings, Marie Antoinette. Mem. First Baptist Church, N.Y. City. Mem. Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, New Yorkers, Minerva Club, Rainy Day Club, Woman's Republican Club, International Pure Milk League, N.Y. Milk Com., Rubinstein Club. Republican.

COWLES, Emma Milton, Hollidaysburg, Pa.

Private school principal; b. Dixon, Ill., April 11, 1861; dau. Orlando Rockwell and Mary Elizabeth (Milton) Cowles; ed. Elmira Coll., A.B. '83; Hanover, Germany, one year; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.B. 1901. Prof, of mathematics in Milwaukee-Downer Coll. thirteen years; opened Miss Cowles' School for Girls in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Sept. 26, 1911. Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

COWLES, Genevieve Almeda, 15 State St., Wethersfield, Conn.

Artist, illustrator; b. Farmington, Conn., Feb. 23, 1891; dau. James Lewis and Martha L. (Gwaitney) Cowles; general education private; studied art in Europe and at Yale Art School, New Haven, Conn., and Cowles Art School, Boston. Began as illustrator with McClure's Magazine; later much work in stained glass windows and art frescoes for mural decoration, a notable example being the Charge to St. Peter in the chapel of the Conn. State Prison.

COWLES, Mabel Birdsall, 29 William St., Glens Falls, N.Y.

Born in New York City, July 5, 1872; daughter of Stephen Taber and Sarah Josephine (Haviland) Birdsall; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B., '94; m. Glens Falls, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1896, William Turner Cowles. Sec. of the Home and Foreign Missionary Auxiliary of the Soc. of Friends; sec. of the Aid Soc.; mem. Hospital Guild and several social clubs. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Mem. Coll. Club of Glens Falls, Glens Falls Country Club and other social clubs.

COWLEY, Elizabeth Buchanan, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Allegheny, Pa.; dau. John and Mary J. Cowley; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B., A.M.; Columbia Univ., Ph. D.; studied also at Chicago Univ. and at the universities of Göttingen and Münich. Teacher in public schools; instructor in mathematics at Vassar Coll. since 1902. Mem. D.A.R., Nat. Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild. Favors woman suffrage. Has written mathematical and astronomical articles in mathematical and astronomical journals; ass't editor of the Revue Semestrielle des Publications Mathématiques (Amsterdam, Holland). Recreation: Out-door sports. Sec. Vassar Coll. Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; mem. Am. Mathematical Soc, Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung. Circolo Matematico di Palermo; mem. Internat. Congress of Mathematicians held at Cambridge (England), 1912.

COWLEY, Mary Junkin Buchanan (Mrs. John Cowley), 913 Arch St., North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Supervisor of playground and vacation schools; b. Wellsville, O., May 9, 1853; dau. James G. and Amanda F. (Jenkins) Buchanan; ed. Allegheny public schools and Pittsburgh Female Coll., M.E.L. '70; m. Allegheny, Pa., Feb. 27, 1873, John Cowley (now deceased). After supervising city playgrounds as volunteer for 10 years was in Feb., 1911, elected supervisor of 27 playgrounds and vacation schools and 10 social centers of North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. In Oct., 1912, was appointed a mem. Board of Public Education of Pittsburgh under new school codes. This board consists of 12 men and 3 women named by the judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Pres. Playground and Vacation School Ass'n of Allegheny, Inc.; pres. Business Women's Club of Allegheny (Inc.); director Western Pa. Branch Consumers' League; musical director Tourist Club. Has published various articles on playground activities and social center work. United Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R. (Pittsburgh chapter), Acad. of Science and Art, College Club of Pittsburgh. Recreations: Photography, fishing.

COWLING, Lydia Hampton (Mrs. John Taladon Cowling), Millville, N.J.

Retired teacher; b. Millville, N.J., Dec, 1848; dau. Henry D. and Elizabeth (Davis) Hampton; ed. private schools and N.J. State Normal School at Trenton; m. 1893, John Taladon Cowling. Was for 20 years pres. of Hampton Coll., Louisville, Ky. (school for women); previous to that teacher in N.J. State Normal School at Trenton. Auditor of N.Y. State Fed. of Women's Clubs and chairman of dep't in same; Patron of Education for State of N.J. in Dep't of School Patrons in Nat. Educational Ass'n by appointment of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Suffrage League of Vineland, N.J. Episcopalian. Bx-pres. and now chairman of dep't of education in Woman's Club of Millsville, N.J. ; charter mem. Woman's. Club of Louisville, Ky. Recreations: Driving, flori-culture.

COX, Ann Caroline (Mrs. Oscar Francis Cox), Hunt's Hill, North Weymouth, Mass.; office, 75 Huntington Av., Boston, Mass.

Physician; b. Birmingham, England, Feb. 27, 1859; dau. Dr. John and Lucy (Goodman) Perrins; ed. private schools in England; Tufts Coll. Med. School, Boston, M.D. '06; m. Brookline, Mass., Sept. 15, 1881, Oscar Francis Cox; children: Carrie May, b. Sept. 29, 1882; Oscar Francis Jr., b. Aug. 17, 1887. Since graduation engaged in practice of medicine. Mem. Mass. Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, Tufts Med. Alumni Ass'n and Ass'n of Tufts Alumnae. Baptist.

COX, Catharine Elizabeth Bean (Mrs. Isaac Milton Cox), 919 Twelfth Av., Kaimuki, Honolulu.

Born in Iowa, Aug. 11, 1865; dau. Joel and Hannah Elliott (Shipley) Bean; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '99; m. 1891, San Jose, Cal., Isaac Milton Cox; children: Joel Bean, Mary Morris. Sec. Kilohaua Art League; treas. Women's Auxiliary of the Outrigger Canoe Club of Honolulu; director of the College Club. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Friends Church. Mem. Ephinany Guild. Recreations: Arts and crafts, tramping.

COX, Cedelia May, 319 Huntingdon Av., Boston; country home, Intervale, N.H.

Teacher of voice-culture; b. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 20, 1875; dau. Robert S. and Francis (Strain) Cox; ed. Monticello Sem., Godfrey, Ill.; Home School, Everett, Mass.; Wellesley Coll. Studied singing with Herr Oberleher Richter in Dresden, also with Luisa Cappiani, N.Y. City, and F. W. Wodell of Boston. Has been teaching with success since 1900. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. Recreation: Mountain climbing.

COX, Clara Ione, High Point, N.C.

Editor, social service worker; b. Guilford Coll., N.C, Dec. 18, 1879; dau. J. Elwood and Bertha E. (Snow) Cox; grad. Guilford Coll., A.B. 1902, and was awarded Bryn Mawr scholarship. Since 1905 has been editor of the Friends Messenger (monthly), organ of the Friends Church in North Carolina. Chairman Social Service Dep't of N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs; mem. Conference of Charities and Children, chairman Social Service Dep't of High Point Woman's Club (department conducts successful social settlement center). Sec. Foreign Missionary Com. of Friends Church in N.C. Mem. of Friends Church; American Friends Board of Foreign Missions, chairman Book and Tract Com. of Friends Church in N.C; formerly opposed to woman suffrage, now pro-suffragist, but believes in elimination of illiterate pauper vote.

COX, Katherine Hamilton Cabell (Mrs. William Ruffin Cox), 609 W. Grace St., Richmond, Va.; Penelo Plantation, Penelo, N.C.

Born Richmond, Va.; dau. Henry Coalter Cabell (colonel of artillery. Army of Northern