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54 (county sec. of Huntingdon Co.), and in all progressive Christian work; cor. sec. Christian Endeavor Soc, Teacher in Sunday-school, assisted in erecting Presbyterian Church. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Milnwood, In Peace and in War. Presbyterian. Progressive Republican and Prohibitionist. Recreations: Travels, concerts. Mem. Nat Soc. D.A.R. Club: New Century Guild (Philadelphia).

APPLEGATE, Mina W., Wellsburg, W.Va.

Born Brooke Co., W. Va.; dau. Hon. Louis and Margaret (Dodds) Applegate; grad. at Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Female Seminary, and a year's travel and study abroad with the Boston Univ. (fraternity Delta Tau Delta). Interested in matters of social progress, and has done much work for the Red Cross Society for the presentation of Intercolosic. Presented to the City of Wellsburg a handsome drinking fountain of pink granite and bronze—for both man and beasts; actively interested in Civic Betterment. State pres. of Woman's Nat. Rivers and Harbor Congress; mem. D.A.R. (historian of State of W. Va. Chapter). Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. Recreation: Horseback riding, motoring, dancing and playing tennis. Has traveled extensively at home and abroad. Pres. Woman's Club of Wellsburg; pres. Travelers' Club; mem. Fort Henry Club of the Daughters of the Revolution; vice-pres. Pan Handle State Federation of Woman's Clubs; mem. Coll. Alumnae Club of Wheeling, W. Va.; mem. Order of the Eastern Star.

APPLETON, L. Estelle, Kindergarten Training School, Fountain and Ionia Sts., N.W., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Teacher; b. Victory, Vt., Nov. 9, 1858; dau. George Ashley and Fanny Reed (Wooster) Appleton; grad. State Normal School, Randolph, Vt., '79; Oberlin Coll., B.L., '86, Ph.B. '90; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.M. '03, M.S. '01, Ph.D. '09; senior fellow Clark Univ., genetic psychology, 1908-09; research student, Columbia Univ., 1910-11, completing 17 years of study. Taught about five years in public schools of Vt., between 1875 and 1881, and over five years in Industrial Training School, Honolulu, H.I., between 1886 and 1895; supplied three months in Indian Training School, Santee Agency, Neb., 1889; three years principal city normal training classes, and instructor in psychology, methods and history of education, 1901-03; ass't School of Education, Chicago Univ., 1904-05; three terms summer Normal training work, 1899, 1905, 1908; director School of Education, Upper Iowa Univ., 1907-08; acting head dep't of education and sup't training school, Marshall Coll., 1909-10; acting head dep't of philosophy, Milwaukee-Downer Coll., Milwaukee, Wis., 1911-12; instructor in psychology and education in Kindergarten Training School, Grand Rapids, Wis., since 1912. Author: A Comparative Study of Play Activities of Adult Savages and Civilized Children— An Investigation of the Scientific Basis of Education, 1910; Play Activities as a Measure of Mental Development of Child and Race (The Child, Vol. 1), 1911; The Twentieth Century Crusade (Pedagogical Seminary, Vol. 16); also numerous shorter magazine and newspaper articles. Congregationalist. Progressive in politics. Mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Equal Suffrage Ass'n; mem. by invitation of Institut Solvay-Institut de Sociologie, an international organization for scientific research work in Brussels.

ARCHER, Sarah F. Fisher (Mrs. George Archer), 2323 W. Mission Av., Spokane, Wash.

Teacher, writer; b. Illinois; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college), '86; m. George Archer (died 1889); three children. Engaged in teaching at Hannibal, Mo., before marriage and resumed profession after her husband's death, becoming teacher of mathematics in the Spokane (Wash.) High School. Contributor of stories and poems to newspapers and magazines. Congregationalist.

ARCHIBALD, Edith Jessie (Mrs. Charles Archibald), 32 Inglis St., Halifax, Nova Scotia; country house, "Braeside," Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia.

Born St. John's, Newfoundland; dau. Sir E. M. Archibald, K.M.C.G., C.B. (Attorney-General of Newfoundland and later H.B.M. Consul General at N.Y., 1858-83), and Catherine (Richardson) Archibald; ed. London and N.Y.; m. 1874, Charles Archibald (mining engineer and capitalist). Active in various religious, philanthropic and patriotic movements; movement for establishing a children's hospital in Halifax, etc.; prominent as society leader in Halifax. Presbyterian. Past pres. Halifax Local Council of Women; mem. Nat. Council of Women; past pres. Ladies' Musical Club (was also its first pres.).

ARCHIBALD, Miss Mabel Evangeline, Chicacole, Madras Presidency, India.

Missionary; b. Bloomingdale, Ill., U.S.A.; dau. Rev. E. N. and Annie B. (Bradshaw) Archibald; grad. Acadia Univ. (Nova Scotia) B.A. '95, M.A. '06 (honors in elocution and English). Taught in a Canadian Ladies' Coll. for 2 years, went in 1897 to India, where she has since served as missionary. Baptist. Editor of Vivekavati, Telugu Monthly for Women. There are 30 million Telugus in South India. This is the only paper for women—it consists of 32 pages—is superbly printed by Christian Literature Soc. and well illustrated. Comprises such departments as Medical Household, Religious, Children's, etc. It is non-denominational—for Hindus as well as Christians. Believes in woman suffrage, but is opposed to all violent means to obtain it.

ARDEN, Agnes Ann Eagleson (Mrs. Edwin Arden), 60 W. Seventy-fifth St., N.Y. City.

Educated public schools; m. Edwin Arden, actor and playwright; one daughter: Mildred Hunter. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Dickens Fellowship. Chairman of Com, on Drama, N.Y. City Fed. Women's Clubs; pres. Twelfth Night Club; mem. Post Parliament, West End Republican Club, Dixie Club, Professional Woman's Club.

ARENDS, Katharine, 251 West 97th St., N.Y. City.

Physician; b. Berlin, Germany, Jan. 24, 1871; dau. Ferdinand and Charlotte (Gumprecht) Arends; ed. Breslau, Berlin, Saxony and New York; grad. M.D. from N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital for Women, 1907; took Post-Graduate Hosp. med. course and special course in anaesthesia. Resident physician of Laura Franklin Free Hospital for Children and assistant anaesthetist in same. Mem. N.Y. Society of Anaethetists, Nat. Ass'n for Prevention of Tuberculosis, American Inst, of Homoepathy, N.Y. County Med. Soc., Dispensary of N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital for Women, Homoeopathic Med. Soc. of State of N.Y., clinical ass't N.Y. Ophthalmic Hospital. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

ARGO, Ella Butler (Mrs. George R. Argo), De Soto Apartments, Atlanta, Ga.

Journalist; b. Augusta, Ga.; dau, John and Oliver (Tarver) Evans; ed. private schools; Tubman High School of Augusta, Ga.; Mary Baldwin Seminary of Staunton, Va.; m. Augusta, Ga., June 23, 1898, George R. Argo; one son: Haralson Butler Argo. For some years associate editor of Augusta (Ga.) Herald; dramatic critic and contributor to magazines of short stories and special articles. Mem. D.A.R,, United Daughters of Confederacy. Baptist

ARMES, Ethel Marie, 1410 St Charles St, Birmingham, Ala.

Author, Journalist; b. Washington, D.C.; dau. Col. George Augustus Armes, U.S.A., and Lucy Hamilton (Kerr) Armes; ed. in private schools of Washington, D.C. Began newspaper work, 1899, on reportorial staff of Chicago Chronicle, also doing free lance work on other papers; mem. staff Washington Post, 1900-03; Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald, 1905-06; since leaving staff of Washington Post has done much syndicated newspaper and magazine work. Edited the Advance Magazine at Birmingham, 1906; studied and reported upon the history and resources of the Alabama mineral belt under the auspices of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, 1907-10; also investigated and reported upon the social conditions and problems of the Alabama coal fields for the Ala. Coal Operators' Ass'n. Writer on sociological features, on staff of the