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Rh DELANO, Frances Jackson, Fairhaven, Mass.

Writer; b. Fairhaven, Mass.; dau. Jabez and Elizabeth (Terry) Delano; ed. Fairhaven High School; partial course in Wellesley. Author: Polly State—One of Thirteen, 1902; Susanne (in Cosy Corner Series), 1902; also magazine contributions.

DE LAPORTE, Helen Reed (Mrs. Theodore de Laporte), Rhinebeck, N.Y.

Born West Hoboken, N.J.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '86; m. Rhinebeck-on-Hudson, N.Y., Feb. 19, 1903, Theodore de Laporte. Teacher De Garmo Inst, Rhinebeck, N.Y., 1886-90. Pres. Board of Education of Rhinebeck, 1900-03. Writer of occasional newspaper articles and addresses.

DeLIMA, Edith Abinun, 58 W. Eighty-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, 1889; dau. Elias A. and Estela A. deLima; ed. Dr. J. Sachs' School, N.Y. City, grad. 1907; Simmons Coll., Boston, 1907-10; Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ., 1910-12, B.S. and diploma in household administration. Against woman suffrage. Orthodox Jewess.

DELLENBAUGH, Harriet Otis (Mrs. Frederick S. Dellenbaugh), 226 W. 78th St., N.Y. City.

Actress; b. in Brooklyn, N.Y.; daughter of William H. and Elizabeth (Allen) Otis; ed. Brooklyn and N.Y. private schools; m. Ellenville, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1885, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh; one son: Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, Jr. Clubs: Women's Cosmopolitan, MacDowell, Barnard, Wednesday Afternoon. Favors woman suffrage.

DEL MAR, Frances Paloma, Holbene Studios, 152 W. Fifty-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Artist; b. Washington, D.C.; dau. Alexander and Emily Del Mar; ed. private schools in France and England, spending 13 years in Europe in the study of art. Has exhibited pictures in principal exhibitions in Paris, London and N.Y.; at present occupied on mural decorations, recently a large one being put in place at the Caroline Rest, Hartsdale, N.Y. Mem. Barnard Club. Recreation: Fencing. Favors woman suffrage.

DELPIT, Louise, 75 West St., Northampton, Mass.

Associate prof, of French; b. Beaumont-du-Perigord, France; dau. Edouard (a novelist) and Zephine (Charrier) Delpit; ed. Collège Sèvigné, Paris; degrees: Brevet simple, brevet supérieur, licence ès-lettres. Taught in the Brearley School, N.Y. City, 1900-04; Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, 1904-08; called to Smith Coll. as asso. prof. of French in Feb., 1908. Author: L'Age d'Or de la Litterateur Française. Catholic. Father and uncle, both writers, were both born in New Orleans, where their father had an extensive estate until the breaking out of the Civil War.

DEMAREST, Regina (Mrs. William G. Demarest), 788 Riverside Drive, N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, Aug. 27, 1855; dau. William and Eugenie (Kellinger) Shannon; ed. Van Norman Inst, (graduate), Vassar Coll., two years; m. June 16, 1879, William Goddard Demarest; children: William Gustavus, Eugenie Aroon. Dep't pres. Woman's Relief Corps (auxiliary G.A.R.), Ladies' Auxiliary to Harlem Ear, Eye and Throat Infirmary. Mem. Soc. for Political Study, Post-Parliament, West-End Republican Club, Good-Government Club. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

'''DEMAREST. S. Emma,''' Room 404, 156 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.

Office sec. Grenfell Ass'n of America; b. N.Y. City, Nov. 9, 1856; dau. David Stephen and Nancy A. (Baldwin) Demarest; ed. private schools, N.Y. City public schools, Mt. Holyoke Coll. For many years editorial assistant in Century Magazine. Treas. Mt. Holyoke Coll. Alumnae Ass'n of N.Y., Young Women's Club of Broadway Tabernacle. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

DeMERELL, Iantha Aldrich (Mrs. Richard N. DeMerell), Holland, Ottawa Co., Mich.

Born Rollin, Mich., Dec. 19, 1855; dau. Welcome and Eliza A. (Willits) Aldrich; grad. East Hudson High School, 1872; entered Adrian Coll., Sept. 3, 1873; Bay View Reading Circle, June, 1889; m. Schoolcraft, Mich., Oct. 22, 1875, Richard N. DeMerell. Teacher in Mich, at Wheatland, 1872; White Oak School, 1873; Holland, 1882-83. Active in church work; mem. of choir; sec. of Sunday-school and a life mem. of the missionary soc; sec. of Ladies' Aid; mem. of W.C.T.U.; treas., rec. sec. and vice-pres. in Ottawa Co. Union; sup't of Christian Citizenship in 5th Dist. Union; has done work for civic health and civic improvement, established Curfew law, placed drinking fountain through influencing city officials in these reforms; interested in training children. Poems published in N.Y. and Mich. papers, 1877-84; subjects: A Lesson; Going Home, Why? You Shall be Rewarded; papers written for W.C.T.U. on Kindergarten, Christian Citizenship, Franchise, and kindred subjects; has spoken and written about art. Mem. the Century Club, the Mystery Club, the Woman's Literary Club (first pres., 1898). Recreations: Traveling, sight-seeing, automobiling, boating, music, plays, games. Mem. Bay View Reading Circle (was Holland pres. for two years). Favors woman suffrage. Superintendent of Franchise for the 5th Dist. of Mich. W.C.T.U.; mem. and chairman press com. Holland Suffrage Ass'n.

DE MILLE, Anna Angela George (Mrs. William C. de Mille), 230 W. 107th St., N.Y. City.

Born San Francisco; dau. Henry George (philosopher, political economist) and Annie C. (Fox) George; ed. Friends Sem. and Horace Mann High School; m. Ft. Hamilton, Mar. 30, 1903, William C. de Mille (dramatist); children: Agnes George, Margaret George. Interested in single tax, singing, drama. Jeffersonian Democrat; single taxer. Favors woman suffrage. Recreation: Music. Clubs: Manhattan Single Tax, Twelfth Night.

DeMILLE, Beatrice M. (Mrs. Henry Churchill DeMille), 145 W. 45th St., N.Y. City.

Authors' representative; b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; daughter S.L. and Cecelia (Wolfe) Sannel; ed. public school, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Portsdown Coll., London, Eng.; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., 1878, Henry Churchill DeMille; children: William Churchill, Cecil Blount, Agnes Beatrice. Taught in Lockwood's, Brooklyn, N.Y.; later had a school herself at Pamlico, Pompton, N.J. Engaged in representing the dramatic work of new authors in N.Y. City. Placed successfully and made fortunes for the authors of the Lion and the Mouse; Strongheart; The Road to Yesterday; The Woman; The Return of Peter Grimm; Seven Days; The Warrens of Virginia; Beverley of Graustark. Interested in Christian Science, Single Tax, education of girls, advancement of women in every direction. Mem. Actors' Soc, Literary and Dramatic Union. Clubs: Pen and Brush, Twelfth Night, Professional Woman's League, Lyceum Club of London, the Nat. Fed. of Theatre Clubs. Recreations: Automobiling, fishing, bridge, kitchen, gardening. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman Suffrage Party.

DEMING, Adelaide, Litchfield, Conn.

Artist; b. Litchfield, Conn., Dec. 12, 1864; dau. William and Mary A. (Benton) Deming; ed. Hartford High School; Art Students' League. Studied painting with William M. Chase, Arthur Dow, W. L. Lathrop, Henry B. Snell. Took prize for finest work at exhibition of Woman's Art Club, 1907, and prize for best water-color at exhibition of N.Y. Water Color Club, 1908. Mem. Woman's Art Club, N.Y. City; N.Y. Water Color Club, Conn. Soc. of Fine Arts. Regular exhibitor in the principal art exhibitions of N.Y. City, Philadelphia and Conn. Favors woman suffrage.

DEMING, Eleanor, 853 West End Av. (business, 108 Fulton St.), N.Y. City.

Designer and maker of jewelry; b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; dau. Horace E. and Caroline (Springsteed) Deming; ed. Bryn Mawr, A.B. '03. Student in Packard's Commercial School, N.Y. City, 1903-04; student of hand-made metal work and jewelry, 1904-05; student in art and metal work in the Veltin Studio, N.Y. City, 1905-07. Engaged in the designing and making of jewelry since 1907. Mem. Bryn Mawr Club, Barnard Club.