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��MILLER

��MILtEB, Alice Dner (Mrs. Henry "Wise Miller),

62 E. Fifty-third St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, 1874; dau. James Gore King

and Elizabeth (Meads; Duer; ed. Barnard Coll.,

Columbia Univ., B.A. '99, senior mathematical

prize; scholarship in mathematics (mem. Kappa

Kappa Gamma): m. N.Y. City, Oct. 5, 1899,

Henry Wise Miller; one son: Denning Miller, b.

Sept. 20, 1901. Favors woman suffrage; on board

of Equal Franchise Soc Author: The Modern

Obstacle: Calderon's Prisoner; The Blue Arch;

Less Than Kin. Mem. Woman's Political Union.

MLLLEB, Anna Virginia, 1237 Harrison St.,

Kansas City, Mo.

Lecturer, Christian Science practitioner; b. Worcester, Mass. ; dau. Charles Henry and Vir- ginia A. (Bigelow) Miller; ed. Dillenbeck School of Oratory, Kansas City, Mo.; Boston Cooking School, Boston; Brown's Business Coll., Kansas City; Kansas City Art School. Engaged for 15 years in lecturing on home economics, religious subjects, women (suffrage, marriage, divorce, etc.). Author of receipe book, also contributor to leading periodicals. Mem. Internat. Lyceum Ass'n of America. Christian Scientist. Favors woman suffrage.

MTLLEB, Antha Lncy Knowlton (Mrs. Kemp- ster B. Miller), 379 E. Fifty-sixth St., Chi- cago, 111.

Writer; b. Nlngpo, China; ed. in schools of Philadelphia, Pa., and Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), '90; student Chicago Univ., 1895-96; m. July 3, 1897, Kempster B. Miller; three daughters. Teacher in Philadelphia, 1890-95; Mt. Carroll, 111., 1896-97. Contributor of short stories and short sketches in various magazines. MILLER, Bamette, care British Post OfHce, Constantinople, Turkey.

Teacher; b. Charlotte, N.C. ; dau. Dr. James Meek and Jane Baxter (Davidson) Miller; ed. Columbia Univ., A.B. '02; A.M. '03; Ph.D. '09; fellow of Baltimore Ass'n for the Promotion of Univ. Education, 1904-05. Instructor In Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1903-04; Vassar, 1906-07; professor in Constantinople, 1909—. Author: Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats; vice- pres. Constantinople Chapter of the Red Cross. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. MILLER, Christie Poppenheim (Mrs. Hugh Miller), 414 Chamberlayne Av., Ginter Park, Richmond, Va.

Born Summerville, S.C, Nov. 6, 1874; dau. Christopher Pritchard and Mary Eleanor (Bon- knight) Poppenheim; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '95; m. Dec. 17, 1902, Hugh Miller; children: Mary, Christopher. Mem. D.A.R., Audubon Soc. of Virginia, United Daughters of the Confed- eracy, South Eastern Branch Vassar Alumnae Ass'n. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage (limited).

MILLER, Christine, 1003 Heberton St., Pitts- burgh, Pa., „ ,_ Professional singer; b. Kilsyth, Scotland, Feb. 11, 1884; dau. A. T. and Alison Alexandra Miller; ed in Pittsburgh (Pa.) Acad, in music; pupil of William L. Whitney (Boston), William Shake- speare (London), Arthur Mees and Oscar Saenger (N.Y. City). Contralto singer; has sung with the principal orchestras and oratorio societies and before the most important women's clubs of the country; is her own manager and looks after her (ywn bookings; has been the leading contralto at many of the most important music festivals. Has filled reengagements during the past three years with the Theodore Thomas, N.Y. Symphony, Cincinnati, Minneapolis and St. Paul Orchestras, N.Y. Oratorio Soc, Philadelphia Oratorio Soc, Chicago Apollo Club and other leading organizations. Presbyterian. Honorary mem. of Thursday Musical of Minneapolis and of Schubert Club of St. Paul.

MILLEB, Clara E. SItinner (Mrs. Cliflord M. Miller), 209 Park Av., Park Ridge, III. Born Wheeling, 111., Sept. 10, 1860; dau. A. G. and Eliza J. (Huff) Skinner; ed. in Chicago (pub- lic school, high school, and private study classes); m. Odebolt, la., 1884, Clifford M. Miller; children: Grace, Harrie, Linn, Eliner.

��Fern, Max, Vernon. Interested in social activi- ties, philanthropies, cottages for the Industrial School for Girls at Park Ridge, settlement work, and working for a free public library in Park Ridge. Writer of short stories and magazine arti- cles. Mem. Eastern Star, D.A.R., Woman's Relief Crops, Park Ridge Woman's Club (pres.); vice-pres. of the Seventh Dist. 111. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Recreations: Walking, motor- ing, cards. MILLER, Cora Wise (Mrs. Ira M. Miller), 199

E. Market St., Akron, O.

Born Akron, O., Sept. 11, 1864; dau. Jacob and Jennie (Stadden) Wise; ed. Akron High School, 1882; m. Akron, 0., Oct. 19, 1886, Ira M. Miller; children: Margaret, Elizabeth. Interested in club work of the State; now dist. vice-pres. northeast dist. Ohio Fed. Women's Clubs. Mem. Art Club and History Club of Akron. Favors woman suffrage.

MILLER, Cyntnia Hawes Fisher (Mrs. William T. Miller), 1869 E. Seventy-ninth St., Cleve- land, Ohio.

Physician; b. Cleveland, Ohio; dau. of Waldo A. and Elizabeth (Hawes) Fisher; ed. private schools of Cleveland, Ohio; Vassar Coll., A.B. '76, A.M. '79; Cleveland Med. Coll., M.D. '79; jn. Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1881, William T. Miller, M.D. ; four sons and one daughter. Practised as phvsician in Cleveland, Ohio, 1879-84. Mem. Col- lege Club of Cleveland. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

MILLER, Edith Jane, care Canadian High Com- missioner's OfRce, 17 Victoria St., London, S.W., England.

Contralto in concert recitals and oratorio; b. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Can.; dau. W. White and Anna (Brown) Miller; ed. Toronto, Can. ; Westminster Ladies' Coll. ; grad. Toronto Conserv. of Music (gold medal) ; studied in Lon- don, England, with Alberto Sandegger and Sir Henry Wood Henschel, and in Paris with Mar- chesi and Jean de Reszke. Sang with success in all leading cities of Canada; was recognized as their representative contralto; later went to New York, being contralto soloist in St. Bartholo- mew's Church, and afterward at Tompkins Av. Congregational Church, Brooklyn; gave !ier first recital in L.ondon, England, at ^olian Hall, un- der patronage of the present King and Queen; later made concert tours of England, Scotland and Ireland. Presented to King Edward in 1907, after appearance at concert of Royal Amateur Orchestral Soc. ; in 1912 went to Paris to com- plete preparing for grand opera, with Jean de Reszke, and will appear as Carmen (Bizet), Delila (Samson et Delila), C. Saint Saens, Char- lott (Werther) Massenet, and Ammelia (Aida), Verdi. Against woman suffrage. Portrait paint- ed by Harold Speed and exhibited at Royal Acad. ; also by Milton Fisher. Presbyterian. Recrea- tion: Motoring. Against woman suffrage.

MILIiEB, Mrs. Edward F., 30 Grove St., Au-

burndale, Mass.

Born Madison, N.H., 1840; dau. Samuel and Hannah (Rogers) Burke; ed. public school and home study; m. 1st, 1861, J. W. Dodge (deceased); 2d, Melrose, Mass., 1868, Edward F. Miller; chil- dren: Fred W. Dodge, b. 1864; Franklin F. Miller, b. 1873. Interested in charitable and religious societies. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Recreations: Reading. Mem. Auburndale Review Club.

MILLER, Eliza Thurston (Mrs. H. L. Miller),

TOS N. Tioga St., Ithaca, N.Y.

Former teacher; b. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1851; dau. George and Helen (Vassar) Thompson, (mother was dau. of Thomas Vassar, uncle of Matthew Vassar, founder of Vassar Coll.); adopt- ed when an infant by a family named Thurston, and kept that name until married; grad. Vassar, A.B. '74; m. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1S87, H. L. Miller, of Ithaca, N.Y. Was engaged as teacher for twenty years, seven years in Richmond Fe- male Coll.; has written a few newspaper sketches. Baptist. Recreations: Reading and study of lan- guages. Against woman suffrage.

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