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Rh Stowe, Vt, Dec. 20, 1898, Dow J. Adams; one daughter: Mildred S. Universalist. Mem. the Grange, Woman's Relief Corps and Cemetery Ass'n.

ADAMS, Grace Smith (Mrs. Warren Austin Adams), Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, N.H.

Grad. Smith Coll., B.L., '94; m. Sept. 2, 1896, Warren Austin Adams, Ph.D. (now prof. German, Dartmouth Coll.); children: Austin Lockwood, b. Aug. 27, 1897; Henry, b. June 15, 1904. Engaged in teaching in Philadelphia, 1895-96. Congregationalist.

ADAMS, Harriet Chalmers (Mrs. Franklin P.), The Marlborough. Washington, D.C.

Explorer, lecturer; b. Stockton, Cal., Oct. 22, 1875; dau. Alexander and Frances (Wilkins) Chalmers; ed. by private tutors; m. Oct. 5, 1899, Franklin Pierce Adams. In 1900 traveled through Mexico, and became a student of Latin-American affairs; in 1900 began three years' journey through South America, traveling 40,000 miles, reaching every country and many points before unknown to a white woman; since 1906 lecturing and writing, in United States, on Latin-American topics. In 1910 crossed Haiti in the saddle, returning with eight solenodon, classed among the rarest of known animals; in 1912 traveled through Spain and Portugal to trace the beginnings of Latin-American history. Especially interested in the Andean countries and in the Quichua people, descendants of the Incas of Peru, but familiar with all twenty of the Latin-American republics and student of their history and present conditions. Author (lectures): The Andean Wonderland; In the Wake of the Galleon; From Patagonia to Paraguay; From the Amazon to the Orinoco; The Liberation of Bolivia; also numerous magazine publications. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc, Geog. Soc. of Philadelphia.

ADAMS, Jennie Belle, 931 D St., Lincoln, Neb.

Educational official; b. Fort Atkinson, Iowa, May 25, 1870; dau. Charles Francis and Emily Margaret (Snider) Adams; ed. Gates Coll., Neligh, Neb., P. S., '95. Sixteen years sec. in office of State Sup't of Public Instruction, Lincoln, Neb. Compiler of various educational publications issued by the office of the State Sup't of Public Instruction. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R.

ADAMS, Juliette Aurelia Graves (Mrs. Crosby Adams), Oak Park, Ill.

Teacher of music, composer; b. Niagara Falls, N.Y., Mar. 25, 1858; dau. Lyman Coleman and Clara (Clark) Graves; ed. public and private schools at Niagara Falls, N.Y.; m. Lewiston, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1883, Crosby Adams. Author of music: Graded Studies for the Piano; Home Study Books; Preliminary Studies for Piano; The Very First Lessons at the Piano; Five Tone Sketches; Dolls' Miniature Suite; Finger Solfeggio; Bourrée Antique; Four Love Songs for Voice and Piano; Christmas-Time Songs and Carols, and many others, also books; The Dolls' Musical Festivals; Chapters from a Musical Life; The Birth of Christ Told in Song; Six Dolls Alive. Mem. Congregational Church. Hon. mem. Amateur Musical Club of Chicago. Recreations: Cooking, gardening.

ADAMS, Kathryn Newell, Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.

Dean of women; b. Prague, Bohemia, 1876; dau. Edwin Augustus and Caroline Amelia (Plimpton) Adams; ed. Oberlin Coll., B.A. '98; Radcliffe Coll., B.A. '99; graduate work at Columbia Univ.; student in Oxford, Eng. Teacher of English in Fargo Coll., Fargo, N.D.; dean of women and prof. of English, Huron Coll., Huron, S.D.; dean of women and instructor in English, Beloit Coll. Active in church work; interested in home and foreign missionary work and work among working girls' clubs. Congregationalist. Recreation: Tramping. Mem. East End Club of Beloit (literary), Historical Club.

ADAMS, Lida Stokes, 1921 Green St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Washington, D.C, Feb. 14. 1862; dau. Hon. Green and Josephine L. (Stokes) Adams; ed. Park Sem. Washington, and other private schools in Philadelphia and Lexington, Ky.; studied modern languages abroad, French, German, Italian. Actively interested in civic and educational work. Mem. local School Board of Visitors: chief activity, the woman suffrage propaganda; chairman Legislative Com. for Pa. State Suffrage Ass'n; vice-pres. Eastern dist. (same ass'n); mem. State Com. to organize Woman Suffrage Party, and others. Mem. Soc. for Ethical Culture. Recreation: Travel. Mem. New Century Club of Philadelphia; vice-pres. and chairman Internat. Com. Civic Club of Philadelphia; formerly chairman Com. on Ward Organization; internat. sec. Fed. of Pa. Women.

ADAMS, Loula Rhyne (Mrs. M. R. Adams), Statesville, N.C.

Born April 8, 1866; dau. Hugh and Nancy (Lawing) Rhyne; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. (class historian) '88; m. Statesville, N.C, Oct. 14, 1891, Dr. M. R. Adams; children: Sarah Gracey, b. Aug. 24, 1892: Minor Revere, b. May 13, 1895. From graduation until time of marriage taught Latin and mathematics in Statesville Coll. Pres. Home Mission Soc. (Presbyterian); historian and sec. of literature, Presbyterian Union; sec. of literature. Foreign Mission Soc; pres. Eclectic Book Club (federated in 1898); pres. local Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1904-06 (vice-pres. since 1906). Favors woman suffrage. Author: History of Woman's Missionary Union of Presbyterian Church; also some short stories. Mem. Benevolent Soc., Eclectic Book Club.

ADAMS, Lucy Frances, 1396 Union St., San Francisco, Cal.

Teacher; b. San Francisco, Cal.; dau. James and Matilda (Smith) Adams; ed. in San Francisco; grad. Girls' High School and Normal School. Active in club work, interested in art. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Twice elected pres. of Soc. of Daughters of Cal. Pioneers; mem. Soc. of Native Daughters of the Golden West; director San Francisco Girls' High School Alumnae Ass'n; former pres. of Normal Alumnae Ass'n of San Francisco; mem. Nat. Geographic Soc. Recreation: Travel. Director Kate Kennedy School Woman's Club.

ADAMS, Mabel Ellery, 38 Percival St., Dorchester, Mass.

Ass't principal; b. Quincy, Mass., Feb. 2, 1865; dau. Joseph and Amelia A. (Richie) Adams; ed. Quincy public schools, Radcliffe Coll., A.B., '08; served on Quincy School Com. eight years, 1896-1904. Teacher Horace Mann School for Deaf, 1891-1910; ass't principal since 1910. Trustee of Boston Teachers' Mutual Benefit Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Charter mem. Mass. Coll. Equal Suffrage League (first college suffrage league in United States). Has served as treas. and on board of directors. Occasional speaker. Associate editor Volta Review; frequent contributor to Volta Review, American Annals of the Deaf, and other magazines. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Radcliffe Alumnae, Nat. Educational Ass'n, Ass'n for Promotion of Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, Teachers' Mutual Benefit Ass'n, Lady Teachers' Ass'n, College Club of Boston, Masters' Assistants' Club, Boston Teachers' Club In 1907 received the Wilby prize at Radcliffe for best piece of work.

ADAMS, Margaret Catharine Zillafro (Mrs. Marvin Osborne Adams), Pepper Drive, Los Altos, Cal.

Born Shamrock, Mo., Nov. 2, 1869; dau. David S. and Mary E. (Logue) Zillafro; grad. Edinboro. Pa., State Normal, '89; N.Y. Univ., Pd.M., '04; one of the founders and first sec. Pi Alpha; m. Jan. 4, 1905, Marvin Osborne Adams; children: Marvin Osborne Jr., Margaret Grace. Teacher and institute instructor, 1889-1905; former teacher of logic and history of education in Normal Coll., N.Y. City. Interested in women's clubs; mem. Bradford (Pa.) Woman's Club, Woman's Club of Palo Alto, Cal.; interested in forest preservation, preservation of historic trees, etc., and in schools and education. Mem. Political Equality Club of Bradford, Pa. Has written articles on educational topics and on things of current interest to various magazines. Presbyterian. Republican. Pres. Los Altos Arbor Soc, Order of Eastern Star; active mem. Nat, Educational