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Rh Miller and Eliza L. (Downing) Albright; ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, O., A.B. '98; A.M. 1900; Univ. of Chicago, grad. student since 1907; Phi Beta Kappa. Instructor and assistant prof. of English, Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1899-11; resident student of Univ. of Chicago. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The Short Story, 1907; Descriptive Writing, 1911. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church.

ALBRIGHT, Susan Gertrude Fuller (Mrs. John Joseph Albright), 730 W. Ferry St., Buffalo, N.Y.

Grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '91; m. 1897, John Joseph Albright, merchant, banker and art patron, and one of the incorporators of the American Academy in Rome; children: John Joseph, b. 1897; Elizabeth, b. 1898; Fuller, b. 1900; Nancy, b. 1905; Susie, b. 1908. Engaged as private teacher in Buffalo, 1891-95. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

ALDEN, Cynthia May Westover, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, N.Y. (office, 96 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.)

Philanthropist, author; b. Afton, Iowa, May 31, 1862; dau. Oliver S. and Lucinda (Lewis) Westover; descendant of Westovers who emigrated from Holland to Virginia, 1600, and by maternal descent from a Welsh family of which Francis Lewis (signer of the Declaration of Independence) was a member; ed. public schools of Colo., State Univ. of Colo, (normal course), Denver Business College; M.Litt. Alfred (N.Y. Univ.) 1903; m. N.Y. City, Aug. 15, 1896, John Alden, one of the editors of the Brooklyn Eagle. Before marriage taught in public schools at Boulder, Colo. ; later came to N.Y. City and became for a time customs inspectress and later private sec. to Street Cleaning Commissioner. Entered newspaper work, becoming editor of the Woman's Page on N.Y. Recorder and later on N.Y. Tribune, and afterward was in editorial work on N.Y. Herald and Ladies' Home Journal. Founded, 1896, and is president-general of the International Sunshine Society, now a world-wide organization which requires its members to agree to do at least one kind act during the year. Finding that no institution was in existence to take care of blind babies, conceived a plan to found the International Sunshine Blind Babies' Home at Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and later a similar home at Summit, N.J., raising nearly $200,000 to establish them, and securing the passage of laws under which dependent blind babies are sent to these homes and cared for as State charges. Author: Bushy (tale of child-life in Far West); Manhattan, Historic and Artistic; Women's Ways of Earning Money. Recreation: Music; formerly soprano soloist in N.Y. City. Mem. Soc. New England Women, Iowa New Yorkers, and Chiropean Club (Brooklyn).

ALDEN, Isabella Macdonald (Mrs. Gustavus R. Alden), Palo Alto, Cal.

Author (pen-name "Pansy"); b. Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 3, 1841; dau. Isaac and Myra (Spafford) Macdonald; ed. in private school at Ovid, N.Y., and Young Ladies' Sem., Auburn, N.Y.; m. Auburn, N.Y., May 30, 1866, Rev. Gustavus R, Alden. Edited Pansy, a juvenile periodical, for several years. Writer of religious stories, which have had large circulation, especially through Sunday-school libraries, and have been translated into French, Swedish, Japanese, Armenian, and some of them into other languages. Author of more than seventy Sunday-school books, the Chautauqua Girls' Series being among the earliest, as well as some volumes for adult readers. Among the latter books are: The Prince of Peace (a life of Christ); Agatha's Unknown Way; As in a Mirror; Reuben's Hindrances; also numerous contributions to the Herald and Presbyter and the Christian Endeavor World. Presbyterian.

ALDRICH, Annette Howland, Freeport, Me.

Librarian; b. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 17, 1859; dau. George H. and Emily E. (Briggs) Aldrich; ed. public schools of Denver, Colo., Freeport (Maine) High School, Smith Coll. A.B. Teacher Freeport (Maine) High School, 1882-1883, West End Inst., New Haven, Conn., 1883-86; librarian B. H. Bartol Library, Freeport, Maine, 1903. Recreation: Gardening.

ALDRICH, Mrs. Arthur, Livermore, Colo.

Born Manchester, Wis.; dau. Asa H. and Frances E. (Tibbetts) Aldrich; ed. public schools of Wis., Pawnee City Academy, Neb., and Agr'l Coll., Colo.; m. June 4, 1887, Arthur N. Aldrich. Active in intellectual and educational work; pres. of Livermore Woman's Club for past seven years, has been a teacher in Wis., Kans., and Colo, (ten terms in all); had thrilling pioneer experience in Kans. and Colo., now living on a ranch. Recreation: Oil painting. Favors woman suffrage. Republican.

ALDRICH, Mrs. Auretta Roys, 82 Belmont Av., Springfield, Mass.

Author, educator; b. Fletcher, Vt., Nov. 2, 1829; dau. Benedict and Melissa (Dunn) Roys; early education in Mass.; took course at Medico-Chirurgical Coll., Philadelphia, two courses at Clark Univ., Worcester, Mass., and one year in Germany; m. Woonsocket, R.I., 1850, Andrew J. Aldrich; children: Arthur G., Ida Auretta, Florence May, and Perley D. Held summer schools for physical training for six years, and then, in 1875, started Mr. S. L. Hill's Industrial Work at Florence, Mass. Author: Kindergarten: Hand Book, 1893; Children and Their Models and Critics, 1900; Life and How to Live It, 1900. Directed translation of Bertha Meyer's Education of the Child; contributed to Henry Barnard's Child Papers, and to various magazines and papers on the subjects of Physical Culture and the Proper Training of Children. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Woman's Political Class, Grandmothers' Class, Physical Culture Class, Kindergartners' Class, and Women's Club of Springfield. Recreations: Gardening and riding.

ALDRICH, Louise Banister (Mrs. Truman H. Aldrich Jr.), 83 Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass.

Concert pianist; b. Harwood, Tex.; dau. Robert Boiling and Corilla (Nation) Banister; literary education in Texas and Ala,, musical in N.Y. City, Chicago and Boston; m. Huntsville, Ala., Apr. 4, 1899, Truman H. Aldrich, Jr.; one son: Truman H. 3d., b. June 26, 1906. Appeared as soloist with Boston Symphony, N.Y. Symphony, Theodore Thomas, Russian Symphony, Victor Herbert and Minneapolis orchestras. Episcopalian. Mem. Va. Soc, of Colonial Dames of America. Recreations: Driving motor cars, gardening, reading, dancing. Mem. Country Club and Music Study Club (Birmingham, Ala), Thursday Morning Musical (Boston, Mass). Favors woman suffrage.

ALDRICH, Margaret Chester (Mrs. Richard Aldrich), 317 W. Seventy-fourth St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, Oct. 31, 1870; dau. John Winthrop and Margaret Astor (Way) Chester; ed. at home by governesses; m. Oct. 6, 1906, Richard Aldrich; children: Richard Chester, b. 1909; Margaret Astor Chester, b. 1910. Pres. Woman's Municipal League of N.Y., 1902-10. Author: Sonnets on Choice. Clubs: Colony, Woman's Cosmopolitan. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat. Treas. Woman Suffrage Party, N.Y. City.

ALDRIDGE, Frances Ellen Wooten (Mrs. William Hal Aldridge), Aldridge, Tex.

Born Woodville, Tex.; dau. Joseph and Elizabeth (Barclay) Wooten; ed. Huntington (Tex.) Inst. (valedictorian of class), '91; m. Woodville, Tex., April 17, 1892, William Hal Aldridge; children: Hal Jr., b. Jan. 8, 1893; Sadie Ruth, b. Mar. 26, 1898. Mem. D.A.R., Dames of 1812, Order of Eastern Star, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Aldridge Literary Club, El Paso Woman's Club; honorary mem. Mutual Improvement Club, Wharton, Tex. Baptist.

ALEXANDER, Emma Cleora Thornton (Mrs. Harrison Grant Alexander), 4 Park Place. Glens Falls, N.Y.

Born Fleming, N.Y.; grad. Vassar, A.B. '97; m. Glens Falls, N.Y., Dec. 14, 1905, Harrison Grant Alexander. After graduation taught at Oneonta, N.Y., 1897-98; Schuylersville, N.Y., 1898-1900, then at Glens Falls, N.Y., until marriage.

ALEXANDER, Georgia, 807 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Supervisor Indianapolis Public Schools; b.