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ABBATT, Agnes Dean, Westchester, N.Y.

Artist, painter; b. N.Y. City, June 23, 1847; dau. William D. and Agnes (Dean) Abbatt; ed. city schools, art school of Cooper Union (diploma '73), and afterward in Art School of Nat. Acad, of Design, N.Y. City. Professionally engaged as painter in oils and water colors (landscapes, coast scenes, flowers); makes models of flowers and plants in wax; has won medals in several art competitions; mem. Am. Water Color Soc.

ABBE, Adelaide Eaton (Mrs. Alanson J. Abbe), 375 Rock St., Fall River, Mass.

Born Andover, Mass., Feb. 20, 1860; dau. James Stewart and Louisa (Howard) Eaton; ed. Punchard Free School, Andover; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '83 (Phi Sigma); m. Andover, June 7, 1888, Alanson J. Abbe, M.D.; children: Alice Thayer, b. May 7, 1890; Frederic Eaton, b. May 2. 1892. Mem. School Com., Fall River, 1908-10. Against woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; charter mem. Fortnightly Club, and pres; 1900-02; mem. Woman's Club of Fall River, vice-pres. 1909-10.

ABBE, Elisabeth Frances, 26 Hillside Av., Melrose, Mass.

Teacher; b. Abington, Mass., Feb. 22, 1866; dau. Frederic and Mary Thaxter (Thayer) Randolph; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '88, M.A. '96; Yale Univ., Ph.D. '03; mem. A.K.X. Soc. (Wellesley). Teacher In Mass. high schools and for two years prof. of Greek at Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1896-98; now head of Ancient Language Dep't, Melrose High School. Favors woman suffrage. Congregatioualist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Classical Ass'n of New England, College Settlement Ass'n, Boston Wellesley College Club, College Club (Boston), Teachers' Club, Melrose, Appalachian Mountain Club.

ABBEY, Mary Gertrude Mead (Mrs. Edwin Austin Abbey), Morgan Park, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.

Born Torquay, Devonshire, Eng. ; dau. Frederick Mead, of New York; ed. in private schools and Vassar Coll. A.B. '70, student Berlin, 1881-82, Paris, 1883-84; m. 1890 Edwin Austin Abbey (distinguished American painter and Royal Academician, died Aug. 1, 1911). Since marriage has resided in England.

ABBOT, Alice Balch, East Orange, N.J.

Magazine writer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1867; dau. Abiel and Alice (Balch) Abbot; preparatory education at Dana Hall School, Wellesley, Mass.; grad. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. '89. Since 1893 regular contributor of short stories to St. Nicholas. Author: A Frigate's Namesake.

ABBOT, Etheldred, Public Library, Brookline, Mass.

Librarian; b. Norwich, Conn.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '95; N.Y. State Library School, B.L.S. '03. Librarian In Lenox Library, N.Y. City, 1897-98; Wellesley Coll. Art Library. 1898-1905 and 1906-10; Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library, 1905-06; since 1910 ass't librarian Brookline (Mass.) Public Library.

ABBOT, Helen Munro, 1210 Maple Ave., Zanesvllle. Ohio.

Born Zanesville, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1877; dau. Charles H. and Ella S. (Brown) Abbot; grad Brooklyn Heights Seminary, Brooklyn, N.Y., '95, Smith Coll. B.L. '99, attended Univ. of Berlin, also took special work in literature at Univ. of Pa. Taught four years at St. Mary's School, Garden City, N.Y. Presbyterian. Mem. Zanesville Authors' Club (for general literary work and discussion), and Shakespeare Club (for study, discussion and occasionally presentation of scenes and plays). Favors woman suffrage.

ABBOT, Helene Black (Mrs. Stephen Abbot), care Adjutant General Office, War Dept., Washington, D. C.

Born Danville, Ill., July 21, 1883; dau. John Charles and Adaline (Griggs) Black; ed. University School for Girls, Chicago; Thavenet-Taylor School, Neuilly-on-Seine, Paris, and Vassar Coll., A.B.; m. Washington, D. C., Dec. 27 1906, Captain Stephen Abbot, Coast Artillery Corps, U.S.A.; one daughter: Helene. Presbyterian. Mem. Associate Alumnae of Vassar College. Recreations: Golf, tennis, riding. Against woman suffrage.

ABBOTT, Aimee (Mrs. Charles Edward Abbott), 275 W. Twenty-second St., N.Y. City.

Singer; b. West Andover, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1876; dau. Elmer Harrison and Lucretia Giddings (Lindsley) Greene; grad. Jefferson Educational Inst., in classical course; New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, with honors, '94; m Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 30, 1901, Charles Edward Abbott; one adopted daughter: Ruth Thompson Abbott. Stage career with Mme. Modjeska, Julia Arthur, Princess Chic Opera Co. Gave recitals under patronage of Royal Governor of Bermuda, season of 1904. Still singing actively in society, club and concert. Writer of magazine stories. Mem. Daughters of Ohio, Professional Woman's League, Dickens Fellowship, Actors' Church Alliance (mem. Nat. Church Alliance), East Side Clinic for Children, Pleiades Club, Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, New England Conservatory Alumni Ass'n, City Fed. of Women's Clubs, Knickerbocker Relief Ass'n. Unitarian. Recreation: Horseback riding.

ABBOTT, Arletta Maria, 249 Elm St., Oberlin, Ohio.

Professor of German; b. Watertown, Conn.; grad. Vassar A.B. '81, Univ. of Mich. A.M. '92; grad. student at Univs. of Leipzig, Zurich, Mich., Berlin, Munich and Freiburg-in-Baden. Teacher Vassar, 1881-88; at Oberlin Coll., instructor 1893-96, associate prof. 1896-99, prof. German.

ABBOTT, Edith, Hull-House, Chicago, Ill.

Associate director, Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy; b. Grand Island, Neb. Sept 25, 1876; dau. Othman A. and Elizabeth (Griffin) Abbott; ed. Brownell Hall, Omaha (preparatory); Univ. of Neb., A.B. '01; Univ of Chicago, Ph.D. '05; graduate student London School of Economics, 1906-07. Author: Women In Industry, a Study in American Economic History, 1910: joint author, The Delinquent Child and the Home, 1912; also various articles in Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Sociology. Mem. Am. Statistical Ass'n, Am. Economic Ass'n. Women's Trade Union League, Ass'n for the Advancement of the Colored People, Consumers' League, and various social and philanthropic organizations. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of suffrage organizations.

ABBOTT, Elizabeth M. Griffin (Mrs. Othman A. Abbott), 705 West 1st St., Grand Island, Neb.

Dau. James and Emeline (Gardner) Griffin, Quaker abolitionists; grad. Rockford Coll., '68;