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380 HEMINGWAY, Grace Hall (Mrs. Clarence E. Hemingway), Kenilworth Av. and Iowa St., Oak Park Ill.

Teacher; b. Chicago, Ill., June 15, 1872; dau. Ernest and Caroline (Hancock) Hall; ed. Chicago private and public schools, 1879-87; Oak Park High School, 1886-91; in N.Y. City with Mme. Cappiani, 1895-96; m. Oak Park, Ill., Oct. 1, 1896, Dr. Clarence E. Hemingway; children: Marcelline, Ernest Miller, Ursula, Madelaine, Carol. Debut at Madison Square Garden Theatre as contralto soloist with the Apollo Club of N.Y. City in 1896. Director of children's vested choir and orchestra of the Third Congregational Church of Oak Park. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Suburban Civics Club. Congregationalist. Mem. Drama League, Kindergarten Ass'n, Fine Arts Soc, Hospital Auxiliary. Recreation: Outdoor sports. Mem. Nineteenth Century Club.

HEMMENS, Elsie Berlin (Mrs. Henry J. Hemmens), 465 "West End Av., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City; dau. Thomas T. and Laura (Berlin) Shaw; ed. Miss Spence's School, N.Y. City; grad. 1904; m. N.Y. City, Nov. 21, 1907, Henry J. Hemmens. Against woman suffrage.

HEMMICK, Laura Alice Pike Barney (Mrs. Christian Hemmiok), Studio House, 2306 Massachusetts Av., Washington, D.C.

Artist painter, writer, playwright; b. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 14, 1860; dau. Samuel Nattalle Pike (who built, at Cincinnati, the first opera house in the West) and Ellen M. Miller (granddaughter of Emanuel Miller, who represented France, and great-granddaughter of Edmund Million, who represented Spain in the negotiations by which Louisiana was ceded to the United States); pupil of Henner, Carolus Duran and later of Whistler (whose portrait she painted, the reproduction of which is in several books published by John Lane & Co.); m. (1st) Albert Clifford Barney of Dayton, O.; m. (2d) Christian Hemmick; two daughters, who live in Paris, France: Natalie Clifford, writer of plays and poems (in French only); Laura Alice Clifford Dryfus-Barney, author of God's Heroes (a Persian poem-play of historical events), and Some Questions Answered (on the Behai belief). Pictures have been exhibited at the different Salon exhibitions in Paris (one picture bought by the French Government); also at Royal Acad., London; private exhibitions at Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington, of 80 paintings, also at Knoedler's, N.Y. City, Paris, Boston and London. Has written, staged and taught many plays and Greek Idylls for the benefit of charitable and other organizations (for which they have netted about $55,000). Those given (in Washington and Bar Harbor) include: About Thebes; Queen Elizabeth's Dream; The Man in the Moon; On the Love of Echo; The Enchantress of Streams; The New Leaf; Atlantis, rythmic poem (music by Louie von Laetner, composer of classic music). Has given houses for settlement work, social and industrial. The industrial is now entirely self-supporting by the sale of its silks, rugs and other objects and is known as the Barney Neighborhood House Club (470 N St., Washington, D.C). Strongly in favor of woman suffrage. Follower of the Persian universal religion, Behai.

HEMPHILL, Anna Emily (Mrs. H. W. Hemphill), 115 Gramercy Place, Atlantic City, N.J.

Born Philadelphia, Aug. 28, 1874; dau. Harry James and Annie E. (Brotherhead) Shill; ed. public school and Philadelphia Musical Acad.; m. Philadelphia, May 15, 1901, Herbert Warde Hemphill; one son: Harry James. Interested in church work' mem. Music Com. of N.J. State Federation of Woman's Clubs. Clubs: Crescendo (Atlantic City), Philadelphia Music. Recreations: Music, swimming. Protestant Episcopalian.

HEMPHILL, Elsie Beale (Mrs. William Edgar Hemphill), Arden, N.C.

Wood carver; b. Philadelphia, Pa., 1872; dau. Charles Willing and Maria Parker (Tayler) Beale; ed. Arden, N.C., and Paris, France; m. Arden, N.C, September, 1897, William Edgar Hemphill; children: Constance Beale, Margaret Beale. Branch sec. Girls' Friendly Soc.; mem. Woman's Auxiliary; works for Christ School, Arden, N.C, a school for poor mountain boys and girls. Occasional contributor of magazine stories. Episcopalian. Recreations: Tennis, riding, driving, camping, fishing, hunting, sketching and drawing. Mem. Woman's Club, Asheville, N.C; Current Literature Club, Arden, N.C. Against woman suffrage.

HEMPL, Anna Belle (Mrs. George Hempl), Stanford Univ., Cal.

Born Saginaw, Mich., Nov. 6, 1865; dau. Racine and Mary A. (Ripley) Purmort; ed. Wellesley Coll., one year; Univ. of Mich., three years, A.B. '87; m. Saginaw, Mich., July 3, 1890, George Hempl; children: Hilda, Elsa. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive.

HEMPSTEAD, Helen, 10509 Euclid Av., Cleveland, O.

Physician; b. Meadville, Pa.; daughter of Ernest Alexis and Annie (Warner) Hempstead; ed. Allegheny Coll., A.B.; Cornell Univ.; Johns Hopkins Med. School, M.D. Has written medical articles. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Cleveland Med. Soc, Soc. for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality, Consumers' League. Favors woman suffrage; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. Unitarian.

HEMPSTEAD, Louise, Meadville, Pa.

Teacher; b. Meadville, Pa.; dau. of Ernest Alexis and Annie (Warner) Hempstead; ed. Allegheny Coll., 1896-98; Cornell Univ., 1898-1900, B.S. (Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi); Columbia Univ., 1902-03, A.M. (Kappa Kappa Gamma). Taught Oil City High School, 1901-02; Miss Knox's School, Briarcliff Manor, 1909-11; Mount Vernon Sem., Washington, D.C, 1911—. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

HEMRY, Alice Squire (Mrs. Charles W. Hemry), Box 233, Fairfield, Neb.

Teacher; b. Mantua, O., June 28, 1851; dau. George and Mary C. (Palmer) Squire; ed. Hiram Coll., B.L.; m. Auburn, O., July 25, 1872, Chas. W. Hemry; children: Cora E., Frederick S. Hemry. Taught in rural and village schools, in Northwestern (Ohio) Normal School, in Fairfield College, and in Fairfield High School, where she had charge of the Normal Dep't. Interested in the work of the Christian Woman's Board of Missions, of which she was State pres. for eight years, and in Bible School work. Mem. Fairfield Woman's Club. Recreation: Reading. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Church.

HENDERSON, Helen Weston, Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.

Artist, writer; b. Philadelphia, Sept. 23, 1874; dau. William Murray and Jane R. (Tagart) Henderson; ed. public school, Philadelphia; grad. Girls' High School. Art and Music editor. The North American, 1900-04; art editor, Philadelphia Inquirier, since 1904. Mem. Fellowship of Pa. Acad. of the Fine Arts (sec. 1897-1908). Author: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Other Collections of Philadelphia, 1911; The Art Treasures of Washington. Episcopalian. Life mem. Woman's Suffrage Soc, Philadelphia.

HENDERSON, Jane Grace Van Woert, 306 Waldorf St., N.S., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. Harvey Henderson (lawyer) and Harriet Jane Van Woert (Hogeboom) Henderson (niece of Hon. John J. Henderson, justice of Superior Court of Pa., and sister of Hon. John H. Henderson, lawyer and ex-mem. State Legislature; descendant of Killean Hogeboom, who came from Amsterdam, 1700, to take up a tract of land eight miles square (now including Claverack, N.Y.); ed. Pittsburgh Female Coll., Allegheny Coll., A.B., with honors, '02, A.M. '04 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma). Studied law in her father's office and was first woman to apply for admission to the preliminary law examination in Allegheny Co., Pa., but failure of her mother's health at that time compelled renouncement of a professional career and the assumption of domestic duties, which she has since continued. Interested in welfare work for women and children; was mem. of the committee which organized the Juvenile