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��dau. Charles Meade and Martha Elizabeth (Hatchman) Foss; grad. from high school, Bos- ton; studied under private tutors and in Boston Univ., M.D. 'So; m. Boston, Mass., Feb. 22, 1871, Benjamin Houston Mann, M.D. (died 1881). Practitioner of medicine from 1SS5; associate prof, gynecology, Boston Univ. School of Medi- cine. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Inst, of Homoeopathy, Mass. Homoeopathic Med. Soc., Boston Homoeopathic Med. Soc, Boston Surgical and Gynecological Soc, Twentieth Century Medi- cal Club. MANN, Mary Adeline (Mrs. Walter Mann),

2007 Oakes Av., Everett, Wash.

Bom Woodbum, Iowa, Oct. 6, 1862; dau. George P. and Sarah J. (Dotson) Turner; ed. Tabor Coll., Iowa, teachers course; m. Water- vllle, Wash., Sept. 13, 1893, Walter Mann. County Bup't of schools of Lincoln Co., Wash., three years; taught 12 years. Interested in Sunday- school, Ladles' Work Circle, Missionary Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Women's Legisla- tlve Com. of Snohomi-sh Co., Wash. Presby- terian. Prohibitionist. Mem. W.C.T.U., Mis- sionary Social Union, Y.W.C.A. Recreations: Bicycling, walking. Mean. Everett Woman's Club. MANN, Rowena Morse (Mrs. Newton Mann),

care of Third Unitarian Church, 3216 Monroe

St., Chicago, 111.

Minister; b, Ithaca, N.Y., June 16, 1870; dau. Ben J. and Sarah (Fitchett) Morse; grad. State Univ. of lawa, B.S.; Univ. of Chicago; Divinity School; Sorbonne (Univ. of Paris), Univ. of Ber- lin and Univ. of Jena, Germany, Ph.D.; m. Delphi Falls, N.Y., August, 1912, Newton Mann. Has served as a Unitarian minister for nine years; first woman to take a doctor's degree at Jena Univ., Germany. Through her success the university was opened to women as candidates for degrees. Only woman holding a metropoli- tan pulpit. Lecturer on art and on sociological and philosophical topics. Favors woman suf- frage; oflBcial lecturer on suffrage, speaking be- fore Legislature of Illinois and other bodies. Author of magazine articles. Unitarian. Mem. Soc. of Internat. Peace and various cultural and philanthropic societies. Honorary mem. Wom- an's Club of Chicago.

MANNE8, Clara Damrosch (Mrs. David Man-

nes), 181 W. Seventy-flfth St., N.Y. City.

Pianist; b. Breslau, Germany, Dec. 12, 1869; dau. Dr. Leopold Damrosch (distinguished mu- sician) and Helene (von Heimburg) Damrosch; ed. In N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, June 4, 1898, David Mannes; children: Leopold Damrosch, b. Dec. 26, 1899; Maria von Heimburg, b. Nov. 14, 1904. With her husband gives concerts of cham- ber music, sonata recitals, public and private series, all over the country. Has also played several times with Kneisel Quartet. Mem. of Music School Settlement, 55 E. Third St., N.Y. City, and on Board of Directors of Music School Settlement for Colored People, N.Y. City. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Progressive in politics. Recreations: Out-door pleasures and out-door sketching. Mem. Cosmopolitan Club (N.Y. City). MANNEKING, Mary (Mrs. J. K. Hackett), 38

E. Thirty-third St., N.Y. City.

Actress; b. London, England, 1876; made debut In London, 1891, in the play Hero and Leander; has since played leading parts in England and the U.S.; m. 1897, J. K. Hackett. First appeared in U.S. under the management of Daniel Froh- man, 1896, in The Courtship of Leoni; has since played leading rales in various dramas and starred in Janice Meredith, 1901; later playing with her own company in Leo Ditrichstein's comedy, Harriet's Honeymoon, and in Mrs. Rider Johnson Young's Glorious Betsy.

MANNERS. Frances Louise Whittlesey (Mrs.

Thomas Russell Manners), Stonlngton, Conn.

Real estate operator; b. Clyde, N.Y., April 13, 1861; dau. Franklin and Hannah Roe (Boswell) Whittlesey; ed. Welleslf/ Coll., B.A. '84; private pupil cf William M. Chase, Chas. Melville Dewey and Henry W. Ranger; studied vocal music In Wellesley and N.Y. City; m. Northfield, Mass., Feb. 20, 1890, Thomas Russell Manners. Had

��charge of vocal and art de<p'ts Harcourt Sem., Gambler, Ohio, 1887-88, 18SS-S9. Now pres. and trcas of the Thomas R. Manners Rf-alty Co.; sole executrix of estate Thomas R. Manners, who died Sept. 22, 1911; business manager of siibdivislons in Adams, North Adams, Clinton, Haverhill and Brockton, Mass., and manager of the Thomas R. Manners Realty Co., subdivisions in Bangor, Waterville, Oakland and Portland, Me.; Ansonia, Naugatuck, Seymour, Willimantic and Water- bury, Conn. Favors woman suffrage. Presby- terian. Recreations: Painting, automobiling.

MANNHP:rMER, Jennie, 639 June St., Walnut

Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Professional reader; b. N.Y. City; dau. Sigmund and Louise (Herschman) Mannbeimer; ed. Hughes High School, Cincinnati; Hebrew Union Coll., Cincinnati, B.H.; Coll. of Music of Cin- cinnati; Univ. of Cincinnati, B.L. Interpreter of Shakespeare and modern plays. Director School of Expression, CoU. of Music of Cincin- nati, 1900-07; director since 1907 of Cincinnati School of Expression, which Is on the accredited list of the Univ. of Cincinnati for promotional salaries for public school teachers. Read with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra A Midsummer Night's Dream; read at Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences. Traveled abroad during 1912. Has given talks on A Visit to Palestine. During recent seasons has read for the Modern Drama Circle at the Cincinnati Woman's Club recent significant plays having to do with modern prob- lems, the authors including Percy Mackaye, Zangwill, Shaw, Galsworthy, Brieux, Sudermann and others. Has also read for the Teachers' Club of Cincinnati and Ancient Accepted Scot- tish Rite, and is booked for the Plaza, N.Y. City, January, 1914. Leader Tuesday Shakespeare Cir- cle; leader Modern Drama (Circle. Mem. Soc. for the Welfare of the Blind, Council of Jewish Women, Civic League of Cincinnati, Bible Study Circle.

MANNTNG, Maria Potter (Mrs. Wayland Man- ning), 259 Beacon St., Boston, Mass., and Dedham, Mass.

Born Trenton, N.J., Jan. 1, 1860; dau. Charles Henry Higginson (of Carnalea House, County Down, Ireland) and Maria (Potter) Higginson (of Princeton, N.J.); m. Penllyn, Pa., Sept. 12, 1896, Wayland Manning; one son: James Higginson, b. Dedham, Mass., Jan. 30, 1899. Interested In art Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian.

MANNING, Mary Margaret Fryer (Mrs. Daniel Manning), 153 Washington Av., Albany, N.Y. Bom Albany, N.Y. ; dau. William J. and Mar- garet Livingston (Crofts) Fryer; ed. Albany; m. Albany, Nov. 19, 1884, Daniel Manning (Secretary Treasury in first administration of President Cleveland; died 1887). Appointed by President McKinley, in pursuance of a joint resolution of Congress, commissioner to the Paris Exposi- tion, 1900, and to represent the U.S. and the D.A.R. at the unveiling of the statue of General Lafayette In Paris, July 4, 1900, and July 3. 1900, assisted in unveiling the statue of Wash- ington, gift of the women of the U.S. to France. Pres. Board of Lady Managers Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. Received decorations of Cross of Legion d'Honneur and Officier de I'Instruction Publique (France) and the Order of Leopold of Belgium. For two terms president general and now hon. pres. general D.A.R. ; mem. Colonial Dames, Holland Dames, Historical Art Ass'n, Albany (N.Y.). Mem. Washington Club, Washington, D.C. ; Woman's Club, N.Y. City; Country Club of Albany.

M.VNSER, Frances Mary (Mrs. Edward Man- ser), 27 E. Ninth St., Covington, Ky. Born Lancaster, 0.; dau. Robert Henderson and Nancy (Reber) Caffee (her grandfather, Peter Reber, went West from Pennsylvania with Judge Sherman, father of Gen. Sherman, among the earliest settlers of Lancaster Co., 0., in the earl^ part of the 19th century; m. Lancaster, O., Capt. Edward Manser; children: Edward Reber, Fan- nie Ethel Manser. Episcopalian. Active In church and club life and In charitable works. Mem. Kenton Co. Humane Soc. Favors re- stricted suffrage for men and women. Recrea-

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