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Rh ALTSTAETTER, Rebecca Barnard Raoul (Mrs. Frederick William Altstaetter), Woodsdale, Wheeling, W.Va.

Born Macon, Ga., Sept. 21, 1878; dau. William Green and Mary Millen (Wadleigh) Raoul; ed. by private schools and governess and School of Philanthropy, N.Y. City; m. Atlanta, Ga., Major Frederick William Altstaetter, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.; children: Mary, b 1909; Raoul b. 1911. Director Wheeling Associated Charities; sec. Wheeling Social Workers' Club. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Wheeling Equal Suffrage Soc. Unitarian. Mem. Nat. Child Labor Com., Wheeling Woman s Club.

ALVORD, Lucy Fairbanks (Mrs. James C. Alvord), Hopedale, Mass.

Writer, lecturer; b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 15, 1868; dau. Henry Fairbanks (Fairbanks Scale Co.) and Annie S. (Noyes) Fairbanks; grad. Smith Coll. B.L. '91; m. St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 8, 1898, Rev. James Church Alvord. Home sec. Worcester County Branch, Woman's Board of Missions; pres. Fortnightly Club of Woonsocket. R.I.; 1st vice-pres. R.I. Federation of Woman's Clubs; mem. Quinshipaug Club of Milford, Mass. Writes short articles for Ladies' Home Journal, The Housekeeper, The Congregationalist, The Wellspring and others; also missionary leaflets, as Doing What You Can't and Her One and Only. Lectures before Women's Clubs on tramping, also on art and architecture, especially the works of the old masters and the cathedrals of Europe. Congregationalist. Recreation: Has tramped 3,000 miles in Europe and America during the summers of the last ten years, making from 18 to 30 miles a day.

'''ALVORD. Katharine Sprague,''' Chadbourne Hall, Madison,Wis.

Born Sandusky, Ohio, June 16, 1871; dau. Frederick Wakeman and Caroline (Sprague) Alvord; grad Univ. of Mich. A. B '93; Columbia Univ., A.M '08; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Instructor in history, Oshkosh State Normal School 1897-1907; Instructor in history. Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio, 1908-09 mistress of hall, Univ. of Wis., since 1909. Mem Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Am. Historical Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Recreations: Walking, riding.

AMBLER, Sara Ellmaker (Mrs. Evan L. Ambler). 1514 S. Twenty-second St., Philadelphia. Pa.

Author; b. Leacock, Lancaster Co., Pa.; dau. Alfred and Mary Alice (Coates) Ellmaker; ed. Millersville, First Normal School of Pa.; m. Gap, Pa., May 2, 1893, Evan L. Ambler (banker); children: Caroline Watson, Mary Elizabeth, Edward Ellmaker, Joseph Penrose. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Dear Old Home; Hansies Prize Pumpkin; Benjamin Stoltz Waring, and short stories in Woman's Home Companion, Brooklyn Eagle, Brown Book, etc. Presbyterian.

AMBURN, Jessie Eoline Bowles (Mrs. James Buchanan Amburn), Lake Village, Chicot Co., Ark.

Born Arkansas City. Ark., Feb. 23. 1875; dau. William Wesley and Elmira (McMullin) Bowles; ed. grammar school, Arkansas City; Tenn. Female Coll., Franklin, Tenn.; Galloway Coll., Searcy, Ark.; m. Arkansas City, Sept. 25, 1895, James Buchanan Amburn. Interested in conservation of forestry. Mem. United Daughters of Confederacy (Memorial Chapter, Little Rock, Ark.), Five Hundred Club, Fork Club. Recreations: Riding, driving, boating. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage; progressive Democrat.

AMEE, Mrs. John, 172 Hancock St., Cambridge, Mass.

Born Cambridge, Mass., June 22. 1868; dau. Samuel Pierce and Eliza (Howe) Teele (mother was a sister of Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, and niece of William Howe, inventor of the truss bridge, and of Tyler Howe, inventor of the spring-bed); grad. Cambridge High School, later studied under private teacher; m. Cambridge, Jan. 29, 1891, John Amee; one son, Howe Coolidge Amee. Sustaining mem. Y.W.C.A., Visiting Nursing Ass'n, Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n and Avon Home for Children, all of Cambridge. Universalist; mem. Ladies' Benevolent Soc. and Bible Class, both connected with her church. Recreation: Playing piano. Mem. The Cantabrigia Club (pres.), The Wednesday Club (ex-pres.), The S. S. Club (sec.), The Daughters of Massachusetts. Favors woman suffrage.

AMES, Blanche Ames (Mrs Oakes Ames), Borderland, N. Easton, Mass.

Artist; b. Lowell, Mass., Feb 18, 1878; dau. Gen Adelbert and Blanche (Butler) Ames; ed. Rogers Hall School, Lowell; Smith Coll., B.L. '99; Smith Coll. Art School (Phi Kappa Psi); m. Lowell, Mass., May 15, 1900, Oakes Ames (scientist); children: Pauline, Oliver, Amyas, Evelyn. Favors woman suffrage; mem Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, College Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Made illustrations of the orchid section of Gray's New Manual of Botany; drawings and etchings for Orchidaceae (four volumes). Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Woman's Educational and Industrial Union, Smith Students' Aid Soc., College Club of Boston.

AMES, Mary Lesley (Mrs. Charles Wilberforce Ames), 501 Grand Av., St. Paul, Minn.

Born Philadelphia; dau. J. Peter Lesley, LL.D. (distinguished geologist and dean of scientific faculty, Univ. of Pa.) and Susan (Inches) Lesley (author); ed. private schools; m. Philadelphia, June 26, 1883, Charles Wilberforce Ames. Ass't librarian of Am. Philosophical Soc. for five years until marriage. Pres. St. Paul School of Fine Arts, 1907-08; director Brotherhood House Ass'n. Author of Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley. Unitarian. Mem. Town and Country Club, New Century Club (St. Paul).

AMIDON, Beulah McHenry (Mrs. Charles F. Amidon), 379 Seventh Av., Fargo, N. Dak.

Farmer; b. Point Pleasant, Pa., Nov. 7, 1866; dau. Samuel and Elizabeth Thomason (Richardson) McHenry; ed. district school in Bucks Co., Pa.; valedictorian of first class to grad. from Fargo (N. Dak.) High School 1886; three years at Univ. of Minn.; one year at Drexel Inst.; first student to register at Drexel (Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Nov. 15, 1892, Charles Fremont Amidon; children: Beulah Elizabeth, Charles Curtis, John McHenry, Oak McHenry, Eleanor Frances. Active in civic and club life; for seven years has been on the Com. of the Sunday Evening Lecture Course of Fargo; interested in Neighborhood Club movement, education and study of school systems. Pres. Fargo Fortnightly Club; former sec. of N.Dak. Fed. of Women's Clubs (chairman of its Landmarks' Com. during whole time that the Sakakwea Statue was being erected at Bismarck). Chairman of Pure Food Com. Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1908-10. Recreations: Farming, walking, reading. Unitarian-Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage; officer of Votes for Women League of Fargo; active in State organization.

AMMON, Edith Darlington (Mrs. Samuel A. Ammon), Sharpsburgh, Pa.

Born "Guyasuta," Allegheny Co., Pa.; dau. William M. and Mary Carson (O'Hara) Darlington; ed. Pittsburgh Female Coll. and School of Design, Pittsburgh (both discontinued); m. "Guyasuta," Allegheny Co., Oct. 22, 1891, Samuel A. Ammon. Director Playground and Recreation Ass'n of America, 1906-14; Regent Pittsburgh Chapter D.A.R., 1899-1909; Twentieth Century Club of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Section, Archaeological Inst. of America; Historical Soc. of Western Pa., Pittsburgh Associated Charities, Protestant Home for Incurables of Pittsburgh, Pa., pres. D.A.R. of Allegheny Co. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian.

AMRAM, Beulah Brylawski (Mrs. David Werner Amram), 624 W. Cliveden Av., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Cameron, N.C., Mar. 9, 1881; dau. Michael and Rachel Drachman Brylawski; grad. Philadelphia High School for Girls (awarded Dodd Gold Medal for highest achievement and scholarship to Bryn Mawr Coll., where she entered 1898. class of '02); m. Philadelphia, June 1, 1899, David Werner Amram, lawyer and professor of law in