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Rh Revere Chapter D.A.R., Annual Mary Young Christmas Tree, making provision for from 200 to 300 children at Christmas time. Recreations: Swimming, dancing, reading, automobiling. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n.

CRAIG, Netta, 3125 O St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Artist, musician; b. Washington, D.C.; dau. Henry Clay and Mary (Ege) Craig; ed. Washington High School, Irving Coll. and Musical Conservatory, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. (winner of Corcoran gold medal, 1903; Corcoran silver medal, 1905; honorable mention); Pa. Acad of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Pupil of Clara Drew, dramatic contralto, Berlin and Boston; Otto Simon, Baltimore and Washington; Sebastiano Breda, Milan, Italy. Exhibitor in annual exhibitions of the Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.; biennial exhibition of contemporary art of Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C; the Baltimore exhibition of Am. contemporary art, the rotary exhibitions sent en tour by the Am. Fed. of Arts and annual exhibitions of Washington Soc. of Artists, Washington, D.C. Church and concert singer and composer of songs. Mem. Associated Charities, Washington, D.C, Y.W.C.A., Motel Choir (singing soc), Sketch Club of Washington, D.C; sustaining mem. Washington Symphony Orchestra, Washington, D.C. Methodist. Mem. Soc. of Washington Artists, Am. Fed. of Arts, Columbia Historical Soc, Washington, D.C Recreations: Tennis, boating, walking, basketball.

CRAIG, Virginia Judith, 858 E. Elm St., Springfield, Mo.

Head of English Dep't, State Normal School; b. Maryville, Mo., Jan. 14, 1878; dau. S. L. Craig and Annie M. (Collins) Craig; ed. Drury Coll., Springfield, Mo., A.B., Washington Univ., St. Louis, A.M., Univ. of Pa., Ph.D. Engaged in teaching from graduation. Author: Martial's Wit and Humor. Favors woman suffrage.

CRAIGHEAD, Ethel, 2209 Pacific Av., Spokane, Wash.

Teacher; b. Mamaroneck, N.Y., Feb. 14, 1878; dau. Horace and Frances (Rose) Craighead; ed. Rye (N.Y.) Sem.; Smith Coll., B.A.; Columbia Univ., M.A.; Köningleich Technischen Hochschule, Dresden, Germany. Teacher of history at Friends School, Washington, D.C, 1906-09; vice-principal Brunot Hall, Spokane, Wash., 1910-. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith College Alumnae Ass'n, Woman's Auxiliary. Recreation: Athletics.

CRAIGIE, Mary E. Whitbeck (Mrs. Charles O'Hara Craigie), 526 Delaware Av., Buffalo, N.Y.; country home, Craigie Manor, Baldwin, L.I.

Author, lecturer; b. Arcadia, N.Y.; dau. Rev. John S. and Margaret (Strong) Whitbeck; ed. Detroit (Mich.) High School and Ithaca (N.Y.) Acad.; m. Ithaca, Charles O'Hara Craigie. Taught in Ithaca High School, in a girls' school and in Old Erasmus Coll., Flatbush, N.Y.; lecturer on literature and biography before Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences, and in prominent schools in N.Y. City and Washington, D.C. Interested in church and philanthropic work; charter mem. Ft Greene Chapter D.A.R. of Brooklyn; pres. of the Brooklyn Public Library Ass'n and founder of the Brooklyn Public Library system, first pres. and founder of the King Manor Ass'n of L.I., which preserved the old Gov. Rufus King home as a historic museum at Jamaica, L.I. Nat. chairman of church work of the Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, working up a new field for suffrage by carrying it into the churches and before church organizations. Author: John Anderson and I; Once Upon a Time (stories for children); also writer of children's stories in various magazines. Mem. Lafayette Av. Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn. Pres. Am. Librarians' Home Ass'n, chartered under the Regents and the laws of the State of N.Y. to found and maintain a Vacation House and Home for Librarians; was active in getting through the Legislature bill to compel Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. to equip their cars with vestibules to protect the motormen; one of the speakers for Parcels Post bill before Congress in 1911. Residing temporarily in Buffalo. Mem. Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo; third vice-pres. Housekeepers League; mem. Opera Reading Club and the Guild of Allied Arts; mem. Nat. Soc. for Promotion of Industrial and Vocational Education, always interested in welfare of boys; organized in N.Y. City a Boys' Municipal Club House Com. and got a bill through the State Legislature to establish a Municipal Club House for boys, which was vetoed by Mayor McClellan.

CRAM, Elizabeth Carrington Read (Mrs. Ralph Adams Cram), 52 Chestnut St., Boston, Mass.

Born Tremont, Cumberland Co., Va.; dau. Clement Carrington and Mary Carrington (Johnson) Read; ed. Farmville, Va., and New Bedford, Mass.; m. New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 20, 1900, Ralph Adams Cram; children: Mary Carrington, b. Nov. 9, 1901; Ralph Wentworth, b. Sept. 18, 1904. Mem. Colonial Dames, Women's Municipal League of Boston. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

CRAMER, Ida Howell (Mrs. R. B. Cramer), 7 W. Eighth St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Atlanta, Ga., July 11, 1873; dau. Evan P. and Julia (Erwin) Howell; ed. private schools and Edgeworth School for Girls in Baltimore, and Lucy Cobb Inst., Athens, Ga.; m. Atlanta, June 26, 1895, R. B. Cramer; one daughter: Louise, b. Dec. 14, 1896. Interested in associated charities, social and reading clubs and psychological societies. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Christian Church. Recreation: Social life. Mem. Players' Club.

CRANDALL, Ada Allen (Mrs. Edgar A. Crandall), Webster St., Ridgefield Park, N.J.

Teaching in kindergarten; b. Princeton, N.J., June 22, 1879; daughter Edward M. and Adeliza (MacGregor) Allen; ed. Princeton Model School, N.J. State Model School, N.J. State Normal School, Trenton; special kindergarten work in Ethical Culture School, N.Y. City; m. Ridgefield Park, N.J., Sept. 27, 1905, Edgar A. Crandall. Has conducted, with husband, a boys' club for three years. Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Club of Ridgefield Park, N.J.

CRANDALL, Catharine Louise Patterson (Mrs. Frank William Crandall), Westfield, N.Y.

Born Corning, N.Y., July 23, 1862; dau. George Washington and Frances DeEtta (Todd) Patterson; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '84; m. Westfield, N.Y., June 29, 1887, Frank William Crandall; children: Francis William (Yale, A.B. '11), George Patterson (Yale, '15). Vice-pres. and trustee Patterson Library; mem. Board of Education; regent Patterson Chapter D.A.R.; officer St. Peter's Guild; mem. College Settlement Ass'n, Consumers' League; officer Vassar Student Aid Soc. Against woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Ass'n Alumnae Vassar Coll., Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Union Relief Ass'n, Church Guild. Recreations: Travel, social life, theatre.

CRANDALL, Regina Katharine, Low Buildings, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

College instructor; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '90; student Chicago Univ., 1893-96 and 1899-1900; fellow in history, 1894-96; Chicago Univ., Ph.D. '02. Ass't in history, Smith Coll., 1896-99; instructor in history, Wellesley Coll., 1900-01; reader in English, Bryn Mawr, since 1903.

CRANE, Caroline Bartlett (Mrs. Augustus Warren Crane), Kalamazoo, Mich.

Minister; b. Hudson, Wis., Aug. 17, 1858; dau. Lorenzo Dow and Julia A. (Brown) Bartlett; ed. Carthage Coll., A.M.; post-grad, work at Univ. of Chicago; m. Kalamazoo, Dec. 31, 1896, Dr. Augustus Warren Crane. Engaged in teaching, 1879-82; newspaper work, 1883-86; pastor All Souls' Universalist Church, Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 1886-89; called to pastorate of First Unitarian Church, Kalamazoo, and ordained minister of liberal religion, 1889; out of this was evolved the institutional People's Church of Kalamazoo, of which was pastor, 1893-99; resigned, and since then engaged in literary and social service work, lecturing and occasionally preaching. Favors