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��Daniel Latlu^sp L<awton. Mem. Colonial Dames ot N.Y., Mary "Washington Colonial Chapter D.A.R., Mary Washing^ton Memorial Ass'n, Nat. Boc. New England Women, Huguenot Soc. of A-merlca, Daughters of Holland Dames; hon. pres. Children of Am. Revolution; vice-pres. Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, N.Y. ; manager Industrial Home for 'Crii)pled Children, N.Y. City; manager Order of Holy Child Jesus for care of Crippled Children, College Women's Club, Post Parliament Club, Woman's Republican Club, Saratoga Golf Club. Protestant Episcopal. Against woman suffrage. LAWTON, Mary AgBes, IT Walnut St., Mohawk,

N.Y.

Teacher; b. Dion, N.Y., 1S76; dau. Lewis and Anna (Keenan) Lawton; ed. Ilion High School (salutatorian of class); Cornell Univ., Ph.B. '98 (honors in German and pedagogy); N.Y. State Normal Coll., B.Pd. 1900; Columbia Univ., grad. work in English leading to Ph.D. Teacher of French and German at Fort Edward High School, six years; teacher of English, Utica Free Acad., two years; now teacher of English in N.Y. City public high schools. Greatly interested in college s^tlement work, temperance work; also in the educational movements of the day, particularly the campaign against tuberculosis. Favors woman suffrage. Catholic. Mem. educa- tional ass'ns. Recreations: Out-door life, Camp Fire Glris, long walks in the country. Has writ- ten on edaeational topics for magazines; also on topics concerning health. LAZABD, Mme. Marie von Unschnld — see Von

Unschuld, Mme. Marie. LAZAROVIOH-HBEBELIANOVICH (Princess)

Eleanor Hnld», The Huntley, Los Angeles, Cal.

Bom Visalia, Cal.; dau. Judge E. E. Calhoun (Southern planter and Cal. pioneer) and Laura A. (Davis) Calhoun; great-grandniece of distin- guished statesman and Vice-Pres. of U.S., John C. Calhoun; ed. at home, in Calhoun's Valley, Cal., chiefly by her mother, later at San Jose ((3al.) Normal School, and later college and Univ. courses In London and Paris; m. London, 1903, Prince Lazarovich-Hrebelianovioh, present head of the old royal and imperial Servian dynastic family of that name; one daughter: Zara, b. 1905, died same year. After several tentative performances of Shakespeare and two other poetical plays, entered upon regular stage career at Royal Haymarket Theatre, London, un- der management of Sir Squire and Lady Ban- croft; entire stage work in London and Paris, except a few special and memorial performances. Played in London the Shakespearian r61es of Rosalind (in As You Like It), Juliet, Portia (Merchant of Venice), Portia (Julius Caesar), Viola, Beatrice, Cleopatra and Lady Macbeth; also Dora, in Diplomacy, Lydia Languish, Peg WofiBngton, Hester Prynne, in The Scarlet Let- ter, etc. Played in Paris, in French language, Katherine, in French translation of Taming of the Shrew, with Coquelin Ain6 and the Comfedie Frangalse Company at the Theatre d'Orleans, with such success that she was engaged by the French Government to play leading roles at the Theatre National d I'Odeon in Paris, at the same salary paid at that theatre to Rachel, Sarah Bernhardt and Coquelin Aim6; only person from English-speaking stage who had ever played in the French tongue and been a member of the French National Theatre; most notable successes of stage career were the r61e, in French, of Hermione, in Racine's Andromaque, and the role, in English, of Lady Macbeth, especially at the memorial performance of that part which she played on Shakespeare's birthday at Strat- ford-on-Avon. Played under her own name of Eleanor Calhoun, and retired from stage previous to her marriage. Early in stage career originated the idea of playing pastoral and sylvan plays in the open forest, in a performance of As You Like It, at Coomb Wood, Surrey, England; an idea since much exploi'ted by professionals and amateurs in Europe and America. In London, wrote and played in Miliament and Mirabel (adaptation of Congreve's comedy The Way of the World); wrote Charlotte Corday (historic Dlay): nroduced dramatization of Hawthorne's

��Scarlet Letter; translated Adrienne Leccuvreur, La Haine, etc. ; contributed to Westminster Re- view and other publications; wrote third ad of The Mission Play (with exception of six adapted speeches), as originally produced at San Gabriel Mission 'Theatre (Los Angeles), in April- May, 1912. Collaborated with husband in writing the historical work. The Servian People (2 vols.), 1910. Hon. mem. Gate City Guards (noted vol- unteer regiment), Atlanta, Ga. L.A ZABUS, Jennie Harrison (Mrs. Edward W.

La Zanjs), 51 Williams St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born near Columbus, Ga.; dau. James Henry and Mary J. (Johnston) Harrison; ed. ColumbUa, Ga. ; m. Columbus, Dec. 15, 1881, Edward W. La Zarus; children: Edith, Cornelia, Edwina. Pres. Southern Mountain Educational Ass'n, working to maintain the Mineral Bluff Industrial and Agricultural School for Mountain Girla (philanthropic). Favors woman suffrage. Epis- copalian. LAZENBY, Laura, 250 West Bell St., Statea-

ville, N.C.

Teacher; b. Tumersburg, N.C; dau. Daniel O. and Elinor Graham (Knox) Lazenby; ed. States- ville Female Coll. ; Thomasville Female Coll. (pres. aUimnffi). Primary teacher; organized three missionary societies and a charity society In Statesville, N.C; worked with the Civic League in Thomasville, N.C. Baptist. Recrea- tions: Flower gardening, botany. LEACH, Abby, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie,

N.Y.

Professor of Greek, Vassar Coll; b. Brockton, Mass., May 28, 1855; dau. Marcus and Eliza Caris (Bourne) Leach; private student with Har- vard professors and the Harvard Annex (now Raddiffe Coll.) was the outcome of her study there; pupil Harvard Annex and Vassar Coll., A.B., A.M. '86; Leipzig Univ. one year. Has made trwo trips to Greece of several months' stay. Teacher Brockton, Mass., 1872-73; Oread Inst., 1873-78; Boston, 1880-83; Vassar, 1883-86; assoc. prof. Greek, Vassar, 1886-89; prof. Greek, 1889—. Awarded a gold cup by Elmperor of Japan, 1908. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Am. Philological Soc, Archfeological Inst, of America, Classical Ass'n of Great Britain, Classical Ass'n of the Middle States and Maryland, Coll. AlumnsB Ass'n, Japan Soc, Vassar Students' Aid Soc, N.Y. Women's Univ. Club Coll. Equal Suffrage League, Women's Political Union of N.Y. City. Contributor of occasional articles to various journals; has given lectures and addresses at commencements and before colleges and schoolsi. LEACH, Antoinette D., Sullivan, Ind.

Lawyer; b. Indianapolis, Ind., 1859 (of Scotch and English-American parentage); grad. aca- demic, business and law schools; married; two children. Teacher in the public schools before marriage; was a court reporter for several years; entered politics and united her work with the Democratic Party; in 1896 she was sent as a dele- gate from Sullivan Co. to the Democratic State Convention; public speaker; joined Progressive Party in campaign of 1912; county chairman of Sullivan Co., Ind., of Progressive Party. Favors woman suffrage. Took up the study of law in 1887 applied for admission to the bar in 1893, but was denied on account of not being a "voter"; appealed the case to Supreme Court, which re- versed the ruling and admitted her to the bar, thus opening the legal profession to women in Indiana. Has been active in campaigns for woman sufrage in Indiana; made race as inde- pendent candidate for Representative in Indiana Legislature, 1910. LEACH, Elizabeth Dwight, 29 Fairfield St.,

Boston, and 5 Park Vale, Brookline, Mass.

Teacher; b. Randolph, Mass., April 15 1863; dau. Dwight Wells and Elizabeth Sprague (Ring) Leach; ed. high school, Randolph; Thayer Acad., South Braintree; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '90. Taught in Philadelphia, 18S6-91; Kansas City, Mo, 1891-92; Philadelphia, 1892-98; Wilmington, 111., 1898-1906; Dana Hall, Wellesley Coll., 1907- 11; Boston since 19U at Miss Guild's and Miss Evans' School. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

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