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��HOMANS, Nancy, 169 E. Sixty-second St., N.T. City.

Portrait painter; b. Englewood, N.J., Aug. 14, 1861; dau. Isaac Smith and Martha (Simmons) HcHnans; ed. Smith Coll., '83, special student; studied tiiree years in Art Students' League, N.Y. City, and under Benjaanin Constant and Jean Pait! Laurens in Paris. Manager of jam kitchen on fruit farm, Huntington, L.I., N.Y. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Huntington Po- Utlcal Equality League. Unitarian. Mem. Smith OoU. Club of N.Y. City, Art Students' League of N.Y. City, Art Workers' Club, Women's Cosmo- politan Cluii.

UOM£B, Lonise Dilworth Beatty (Mrs. Sidney Homer), 13 E. Sixty-fourth St., N.T. City. Prima donna contralto; b. Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. William Primble and Sarah Colwell (Ful- ton) Beatty; ed. in Philadelphia and Boston and prepared for operatic stage by two years' study in Paris; m. Jan. 9, 1895, Sidney Homer, well- known composer. Debut in opera at Paris, 1898; sang in Covent Garden, London, season of 1S99, appearing as Ammeris in Aida in May, after that for an eight months' season in the Royal Opera at Brussels; singing in leading contralto roles at Metropolitan Opera House, N.Y. City, eyery season sliice 1901.

HO&TEB, Mary Frances Wellington (Mrs. Or- lando Mead Homer), 270 Blackstone Boule- vard, Providence, R.I.

Bom Belmont, Mass., Nov. 29, 1842; dau. Joseph Oliver and Saraii Weld (Hill) Wellington; m. Belmont. Mass., Dec. 31, 1863, Orlando Mead Homer (died Jan. 29, 1868; children: Eleazer BarUett, b. Oct. 16, 1864; Loring Wellington, b. May 9, 1867 (died Jan. 16, 1879). Student and teacher of music from 1869 for 20 years or more; served as mem. of the School Com. of Belmont for 13 consecutive years, and resigned froan un- expired ter^n on leaving town. Interested in all matters relating to the uplift of humanity, mu- sical events of Boston and Belmont. Mem. Gas- per Chapter D.A.R., Brancfc Alliance of the First Congregational Church, Providence, R.I. ; Cheer- ful Letter Com. of same. Am. Peace Soc, Am. Humane Asa'n, National and Local Council of Women; life mem. of the Am. Unitarian Soc., Sprague House Ass'n, Providence; Nat. (Jeo- graphic Soc, Nat. Unitarian Temperance Soc, Union for Christian Work, Providence; R.I. Women's Club, Glee Club of same, Cbaminade Club. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; reg- istered in Belmont in 188-5, under the law in Mass., whereby wcHnen could vote for School Com., and voted every year after until removal to Providence, 1901; mem. R.I. Woman Suffrage Ass'n (cor. sec. 1906-12, now vice-pres.). HOMER, Philena Fletcher (Mrs. W. H. Homer, Jr.), Pleasant Grove, Utah. Manager erf a fruit farm; b. Harrison Valley, Pa., Aug. 26, 1877; dau. John and Lydia Adeline (Holoomb) Fletcher; ed. Balnbridge (N.Y.) Hi^ School, 1892-1893; Oneonta (N.Y.) State Normal School (Classical course), 1&9S-96; Cornell Univ., 1900-04- B.Sc. Agr. '04; Ph.D. '07; won Guilford Essay prize, 1S04; m. Ithaca, N.Y., July 24, 1907, W H. Homer, Jr.; children: Helen, William Fletcher, John Harrison. Teacher, 1896-1900; li- brarian N.Y. State Veterinary Library, 1903-07; agricultural editor of Ithaca Daily News; teach- er of agricultvire, Brlgham Young Univ., 1908. Manager Tlmpanogos Fruit Farm, Canning and Bottling Co., Pleasant Grove, Utah. Author of bulletins: The Apple Bucculatrix (Cornell Univ. Expt. Sta.), 1904; Observations on Frost Injury to Fruit (U.S. Teachers' Bureau Bulle- tin) ; also articles in various scientific papers and magazines. Baptist. Republican. Mem. Utah Acad, of Science, Utah Sorosis. First woman to receive Ph.D. in Agriculture. IIOMMEL,, Ida May (Mrs. John William Horn- men, 535 Grand Av.. XeillsviUe, Wis. Born Poynette Township, Columbia Co., Wis.; ilau. Lovel Beach and Martha Augusta (Powers) Allen; ed. public schools. Portage, Wis., and private student of French, German and music under private tutors; m. (1st) June 15, 1882, Major George C. Carnegie; (2d) Sept. 6, 1905, Major John William Hommel; one son: Harry

��Carnegie, b. April 4, 1883. Active in anti- tuberculosis work, in community work and in organizing study clubs of various kinds. Mem. Wis. Fed. of Women's Clubs, Monday Progress Club, Neillsville; Choral Club, Domestic Science Club. Contributor to magazines. HONEYWELL, Clara E. (Mrs. (Jeorge P. Honey- well>, Eaton Rapids, Mich. Bom Unionville, Mich., Nov. 12, 1873; dau. Frank and Sarah (Woodman) Shilllto; ed. Big Rapids, Mich., and Ashland, Wis,; m. Dec 22, 1897, George P. Honeywell. Pres. of Ladies' History Club of Eaton Rapids, Mich. ; treas. U and I Club; treas. Baptist Young People's Union. HOOD, Alice Watkins, 1231 N. Calvert St., Bal- timore, Md.

Born Baltimore, Sept. 27, 1877; dau. John Miff- lin and Florence Eloise (Haden) Hood; ed. Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, 1887-94; holder of Bryn Mawr School scholarsldp, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1894-98; Bryn Mawr Coll., B.A. '98; Radcliffe Coll., M.A. '99; student in philosophy, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1907; Sorbonne and College de France, 1912. Teacher of Latin, mathematics and English in the Calhoun-Chamberlain School, Montgomery, Ala., 1904-05; student N.Y. School of Philanthropy, 19<K-0fi; graduate student, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1907-08; ass't in N.Y. Charity Organization Soc, 1S08-09; assistant agent of the Baltimore Federated Charities, 1909-10. Friendly visitor for the Baltimore Federated Charities. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Recreations: Foreign travel (has traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan and India).

HOOK, Ida MacDonald (Mrs. Charles C. Hook), 305 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, N.C. Born (Concord, N.C; dau. Edmund and Rosa- lie (Williams) MacDonald; ed. Presbyterian Coll. for Women, Charlotte, N.C; m. Charlotte, Oct. 10, 1895, Charles C. Hook; children: Charles C. Jr. (died Oct. 13, 1896), Walter Williams, Rosalie Dean. Olub woman. Presbyterian. Mem. Soc. Colonial Dames., D.A.R,

HOOK, Mary Mizabeth Burton (Mrs. Johnsey W. Hook), Woodbourne Av., Govans Co., Bal- timore, Md.

Bom Baltimore, Md., July 16, 1850; dau. Charles and Eliza Clark (Grace) Burton; grad. Eastern High School, July 9, 1868; m. at Emman- uel Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Oct. 31, 1883, Johnsev W. Hook; children: Frank Roland, b. Feb. 11, 1885; Edwin Coleman, b. Feb. 20, 1890. mem. of a literary club. Charter mem. Tuesday Reading Club (pres.); mem. Advisory Board of Eastern High School Alumnae.

HOOKE, Ethel M. Wagroner (Mrs. Edward W. Hooke), 552 Riverside Drive, N.Y. City. Born Lake Hill, Ulster County, N.Y. ; dau. Everett and Elizabeth Hasbrouck (Elzea) Wag- oner (ancestors caime to America from Calais, 1668, having first fled to the Palatinate to escape the persecutions of the Catholics in France, and from Germany her sixth great-grandfather went to England, whence he came, through the friend- ship of Governor Andros, to this country, settling at New I*altz, where the old homestead stUl stands) ; ed. public schools, St. Louis, Mo. ; m. N.Y. City, Nov. 29, 1888, Edward W. Hooke. Pres. and founder of International Pure Milk League, a movement for the betterment of milk conditions throughout the country. Chairman of Milk Inspection in Associated Clubs of Domestic Science; pres. Woman's Claremont Progressive Club. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations; Swimming, dancing, skating, exten- sive reading and travel. Clubs: Minerva (mem. Reception Com.), Round Table, New Yorkers. Forum, Rainy Day, N.Y. Fresh Air, Thursday Bridge. Mem. Soci6t6 des Femmes de France i New York.

HOOKER, Edith Honghton (Mrs. Donald Rus- sell Hooker), Cedar Lawn, Station E., Balti- more, Md.

Social worker; b. Canandalgua, N.Y. ; ed. Granger Place School, Canandalgua; Miss Flor- ence Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa. ; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. 1900; student in Johns Hopkins Med. School, 1900, 1902-05; m. 1905, Dr. Donald

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