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36 ADAIRE, Nannie, 1227 W. Lehigh Av., Philadelphia, Pa.

Educator; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; grad. Girls' High School, 1900; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B., '04; A. M., '06. Teacher of English and history in the Chelten Hills School, Wyncote, Pa., 1905-06; principal of Medford (N.J.) High School, 1906-07; teacher of English in Morristown (Pa.) High School since 1907.

ADAMS, Abby Merrill, 25 Newton St., Marlboro, Mass.

Physician; b. Farmington, Me.; dau. Joshua and Abigail Frost (Mosher) Adams; grad. Syracuse Univ. Med Coll. Physician in Willard Insane Hospital, Willard, N.Y., for six months; staff physician Insane Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind., two years; physician in Leavenworth (Kan.) Home and Bethany Home (Minn.) for Unfortunate Women. Mem. Board of Charity and Humane Soc. of LaCrosse, Wis. Favors woman suffrage. Universalist; served as treasurer and clerk of church. Mem. Natural History Soc, Marlboro, Mass.

ADAMS, Alice Dana, 6 Reservoir Court, Brookline, Mass.

Writer, private secretary; b. Brunswick, Me., Aug. 28, 1864; dau. George M. and Louise Lord (Dana) Adams; ed. public schools, Holliston, Mass.; private study; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '87; M.A. '96; Radcliffe Coll. Teacher, 1889-97; study, 1897-99; private sec. to Rev. F. N. Peloubet, D.D., 1899—. Author of Radcliffe Monograph No. 14— Neglected Period of American Anti-Slavery, 1908; also, in connection with Dr. Peloubet, International Bible Dictionary, 1912. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, Am. Geographical Soc, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: Reading, walking. Mem. Boston Wellesley College Club.

ADAMS, Blanche Spalding Griffin (Mrs. William A. Adams), Brookfield, Cook Co., Ill.

Born Thornton Ferry, N.H., Nov. 24, 1874; dau. George Byron and Sarah Frances (Spalding) Griffin; ed. McGaw Normal Inst., Reeds Ferry, N.H.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '98; m. Thornton Ferry, N.H., Dec. 26, 1904, William A. Adams (Harvard '98); children: William Byron, Mary Griffin (died). Teacher English Dep't at St. Margaret's School, Buffalo, N.Y., for two years before marriage. Treas. and on various committees in Ladies' Aid Soc. of Congregational Church, Brookfield; second vice-pres. Brookfield Woman's Club; chairman Library Com., which succeeded in getting 2-mill Public Library tax in Brookfield. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Recreation: Music. Mem. Woman's Club (Brookfield), Magazine Club.

ADAMS, Edith Almy (Mrs. Joseph Adams), Lakota Hotel, Thirtieth St. and Michigan Av. Chicago; country, Rose Lawn, Ind.

Born Chicago; dau. Miles and Gertrude (Curtis) Almy; ed. in Chicago private schools and Misses Peebles and Thompson's Schools, N.Y. City; m. Chicago, Oct. 17, 1896, Joseph Adams. Episcopalian. Mem. Saddle and Cycle Club.

ADAMS, Elizabeth Kemper, Washburn House, Northampton, Mass.

Educator, writer; b. Nashostah, Wis.; grad. Vassar, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), '93; Chicago Univ., post-graduate work, 1901-04; Babbott fellow, 1902-03; Ph.D., '04. Teacher Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., 1893-98; Vassar Coll., 1898-1901; Western Reserve Univ., 1901-05; Smith Coll. since 1905; associate prof, philosophy and education since 1909. Author: The Æsthetic Experience—Its Meaning in a Functional Psychology (Doctor's thesis), 1904; contributor of verse to magazines and of reviews to technical journals.

ADAMS, Elizabeth Starbuck, 1720 Pacific Av., San Francisco, Cal.

Educator; b. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 14, 1873; dau. George D. and Deborah (Hussey) Adams; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A.; Columbia Univ., M.A. (mem. Shakespeare Soc). Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian.

ADAMS, Emma L., 208 E. Sixteenth St., N.Y. City.

Librarian, settlement worker; b. Worcester, Mass.; dau. William Fuller and Amelia (Merrifield) Adams; ed. schools of New Jersey. For years engaged in library work as librarian of the Plainfield (N.J.) Public Library; now actively engaged in organized social settlement work in N.Y. City.

ADAMS, Emma Lily Arabella Parsons (Mrs. Charles Siedler Adams), 168 Lincoln PL, Brooklyn; country, Central Valley, N.Y. Born N.Y. City; dau. Hosmer Buckingham and Clelia Sara (Howson) Parsons; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn; m. Brooklyn, Apr. 12, 1899, Charles Siedler Adams; children: Franklin Parsons, Clelia Emma Adams. Presbyterian. Mem. Adelphi Alumnae Ass'n. Recreations: Music, tennis. Mem. Civitas Club. Against woman suffrage.

ADAMS, Emma Saul (Mrs. Charles True Adams), 1220 Dearborn Av., Chicago, Ill.

Teacher; b. Canajoharie, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1844; dau. Rev. George and Julie Regula (Steiner) Saul; ed. private schools, high school, Syracuse, N.Y., and private study; m. Syracuse, July 13, 1869, Charles T. Adams (Dartmouth '65) (died Feb., 1877); children: Samuel (Harvard '92), Julie Regula. Taught in West Newton English and Classical School, Friends Acad., New Bedford, and high school, Nashville, Tenn. Associate principal, later principal, of Kirkland School, Chicago; now retired. One of founders and mem. Chicago Woman's Club; director Ill. Audubon Soc; sec and treas. of Ass'n of Principals of Girls' Preparatory Schools of Chicago; with daughter is leading classes of women in topics of the day. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Ill. Audubon Soc, Chicago Political Equality League. Recreation: Bird study. Mem. Woman's City Club.

ADAMS, Eva Argene, 26 Cumberland St., Brunswick, Me.

Physician; b. Brunswick, Me., Dec. 30, 1874; dau. Franklin and Lucinda G. (Dennett) Adams; ed. Brunswick public schools, Maine Wesleyan Sem. '97, Tufts Coll. Med. School, M.D., 1902. Engaged since graduation in general practice of medicine in native place; real estate owner. Past matron Order Eastern Star; mem. Madisses Club (charitable). Favors woman suffrage.

ADAMS, Evangeline Smith, 1003 Carnegie Hall, N.Y. City.

Astrologer; b. Jersey City, N.J.; dau. George and Harriette E. (Smith) Adams (of the Adams family of New England, which gave two Presidents to U.S.); ed. in Andover, Mass., and Chicago, Ill.; studied astrology under Dr. J. Heber Smith, physician and astrologer, and the symbolism and esoteric mysteries of the Vedanta under Swami Vivikananda; has also studied occult science in years of Oriental study and travel. Author: Man in His Relation to the Solar System; Scientific Astrology and General Indications for 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, and articles on astrology in various publications. Mem. Medico-Legal Soc. (Psychological branch). Has in her studio a library of books dealing with occult science, some of which are the only known copies of those particular works. Recreations: Horseback riding, boating, tramping. Mem. Gamut Club. Congregationalist.

ADAMS, Evelyn Parkes (Mrs. Floyd Holden Adams), 15 Williams St., Hammond, Ind.

Born Birmingham, England, June 10, 1865; dau. George F. and Lucy (Guest) Parkes; ed. Rochester, N.Y.; Cook Acad., Montour Falls, N.Y., grad. '88; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '92 (mem. the Agora at Wellesley); m. May 14, 1897, Rev. Floyd Holden Adams; children: Theodore Floyd, Earl Frederick, Dorothy Evelyn, George Lodovic, Platform speaker on social, educational, civic, hygienic and morality questions. Vice-pres. of Hammond Settlement Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Author of poems and stories in various magazines, and articles for religious papers. Baptist. Instructor in physical culture, Dr. of mechano-therapy and chiropractic. Mem. Hammond Woman's Club.

ADAMS, Frances E. Lofthus (Mrs. Dow J. Adams), Waterbury Center, Vt.

Born Wilmington, N.C., 1861; dau. A. Louis and Sylva A. (Ayers) Lofthus; ed. Lawrence (Mass.) schools and Wellesley Coll., A.B.; m.