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��NIELDS, Mary Craven (Mrs. John Percy

Nielda). 1401 Broome St., Wilmington, Del.

Dau. Thomas J. and Esther C. (Howe) Craven; ed. St. Timothy's School, Catonsvilli?, Md. : m. "Cravenhurst," Salem, N.J., 1907, John Percy Nields (Harvard, '89); one daughter: Ann, b. 1910. Cor. .sec. Nat. Soc. Colonial Dames In the State ot Delaware. Director West End Reading- room for Girls and Boys, and director Industrial School for Girls. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Presbyterian Church. Mem. St. Timothy's Alum- nte Ass'n. Recreations' Golf, walking. Mem. Wilmington Country Club. NIELSEN, Alice, Metropolitan Opera House,

N.Y. City.

Operatic prima donna; b. Nashvill*, Tenn. ; dau. Erasmus I. and Sarah A. Nielsen. Father died when she was 8 years old, and she removed with her mother to Kansas City, where she was educated at St. Teresa's Acad, and took singing lessons from Prof. Max Descl; in choir of St Patrick's Church, Kansas City, 1888-92; m. 1890, Benjamin Nentwig, organist of St. Patrick's (later divorced) ; one son. Joined a concert com- pany in 1892, later joined the Pike Opera Co. in California, singing in the chorus until her voice attracted attention, and she was given small parts, soon advancing to position of prima donna of that company. Henry Clay Bamabee, of the Bostonians, heard her sing Lucia, and she was invited to join that company, with which she made her first appearance as Anita in The War- time Wedding; she was next cast for the small part of Annabelle in Robin Hood, but soon after was singing Maid Marian, the prima donna part. Sang the rflle of Yvonne in The Serenade in a long run at the Knickerbocker Theater, N.Y. City; starred In The Fortune Teller, and later in The Singing Girl. In 1902 sang In The Fortune Teller in London, and there Henry Russell, musi- cal critic and manager, heard her and took her to Rome to study grand opera. First appearance as grand opera prima donna was at the Bellini Theater, Naples, as Marguerite in Faust, next Bingtng in La Travlata at the San Carlo Opera House, Naples. Filled an engagement at the Covent Garden Theater, London, singing Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Suzanne in La Nozze di Figaro; in 1905 sang there as Mimi to Caruso's Rudolpho in La BohSme and Gilda in Rigoletto to the Rigoletto of Maurel. Sang grand opera in U.S. in 1906 with the Don Pasquale Co., in 1907-08 with the San Carlos Oi)€ra Co. ; in 1910-11 with the Boston Opera Co., and since th€n with the Metropolitan Opera Co., N.Y. City.

NIELSON, Minnie Jean, Valley City, N. Dak.

Superintendent Barnes Co. (N.Dak.) eehools; b. Jackson, Mich. ; dau. Wylie and Mary (Stewart) Nielsen; ed. high school. Valley City, N.Dak.; Univ. ot N.Dak.; Univ. of Mich, and special work at Chicago Univ. Grammar school teacher and science teacher in Valley City High School, 1893-1906; sup'f Barnes Co. schools since 1906. Interested in and identified with religious, social and philanthropic works; teacher and officer in Congregational Sunday-school for years. Mem. State History A«s'n, Exec. Com. N.Dak. Educa- tional Ass'n, P.E.O. Sisterhood; Tice-pree. Valley City Chautauqua Ass'n; chairman State Joint Com. of School Patrons. Charter mem. of Sorosis Club of Valley City; pres. N.Dak. Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Dep't of EJducation of the Gen. Federation. Recreation: Automobillng. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. Re- publican; votes on all school questions.

NIES, Abby Huntington Ware (Mrs. Frederick Harold Nles), 859 Bay Ridge Av., Brooklyn N.Y. Writer; b. Fort Scott, Kan.; ed. in schools of

Topeka, Kan., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '99; m.

June 20, 1906, Frederick Harold Nies. Interested

In civics. Author (in collaboration with Abby G.

Baker): The Municipal Government of the City

of New York, 1906.

NISBET, Minnie Jean, 167 W. Main St., Hamil- ton, Ontario, Canada.

Journalist and author; b. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; dau. Robert and Catharine (Balcom) Nisbet; ed. Hamilton Ladles' Coll., M.E.L. (mis-

��tress of English literature). Editor Woman's Dep't, Hamilton Dally Herald; has written his- torical sketches and articles on women and their work for magazines and papers. Historian Women's Wentworth Historical Soc; sec. Gayton Chapter, Imperial Order Daughters of the Em- pire; active mem. in Women's Canadian Club and Local Council of Women. Presbyterian.

NIXON, Mary Stlte6, 29 Corso Regina Elena.

Florence. Italy.

Art critic, school principal; b. Cincinnati, O. : dau. William Penn and Mary (Stites) Nixon; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '92; pursued special studies in art In this country and abroad, 1892-96. Art editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, 1896-98; since 1901 principal of the Florentine School for Girls at Florence, Italy.

NOBLE, Annette Lucilc, Albion, N.Y.

Writer; b. Albion, N.Y., July 12, 1844; dau. Dr. William and Emella (Stiles) Noble; educated In ladles' seminary. Extensive traveler well known for her close acquaintance with Europe and the Near East, which she has visited frequently and has conducted select parties of travelers on European and Oriental tours. Author: After Failure; or, Loss and Gain; A Crazy Angel; Dave Marquand; Eleanor Willoughby's Self; Easie's Miracle; Eunice Lathrop, Spinster; How Billy Went Up in the World; In a Country Town; Jacob's Heiress; Jesse; Love and Shawlstraps; Miss Janet's Old House; Miss Robert's Lodgers in a Little WeJsh Town; Out of the Way; The Parsonage Secret; The Professor's Dilemma; The Professor's Girls; The Queer Home In Rugby Court; Rachel's Farm; Ryhoves of Antwerp; Silas Gower's Daughters; The Silent Man's Legacy; Summerwild; The Tarryport School Girls; Uncle Jack's Ebcecutors; Under Shelter; Under Twelve Flags; Eugene's Quest, also (with Eleanor A. Hunter), The Cosey Corner Stories, and (with Ella Beckwith Keeney) Dr. Grantley's Neighbors. Has contributed to various magazines and religious publications.

NOBLE, £sther FrothisKham (Mrs. Thomas K.

Noble), 1855 Mlntwood Place, Washington,

D.C.

Bora Westminster, Mass., June 24, 1839; dau. William Saunders Bradbury and Elizabeth (EJmerson) Bradbury (who wae a cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson); ed. Camhrldge (Mass.) High and Latin Sohool», and by private tutors and professors; m. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 30, 1875, Rev. Thomas K. Noble. Instructor In Latin In Mills Coll., Cal., 1868-75; lecturer on parliamen- tary law. During husband's pastorates in San Francisco and Norwalk, Conn., was active as teacher in adult Bible classes and pres. of va- rious church societies; at the Biennial In Mil- waukee was asked to take charge of an after- noon program on The Ethics of Work. Pres. Woman's Home Missionary Soc. ot the Presby- tery of Wa.shington City; first vice-pres. Board of Managers of the Presbyterian Home (Wash- ington (Jlty) and cor. sec. of the Board of Trus- tees of same; vice-pres. of the Aid Ass'n for the Blind of the Dlst. of Columbia; chaplain general of D.A.R., 1907-11; ex-regent of Norwalk (Conn.) Chapter D.A.R. and ex-State vice-pres. of Conn.; active worker in King's Daughters and leader of circles of King's Sons and Daugh- ters. Mem. Daughters of the Cincinnati (through Major Benjamin FYothingham, a personal friend of George Washington); chaplain national of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America; mem. Red Cross Soc, Y.W.C.A.; first pres. of the Conn. State Fed. of Women's Clubs (now honorary pres.); mem. Pro Re Nata of Washing- ton, D.C. Presbyterian.

NOBLE, Harriet, 707 E. Twentieth St.. Indlan-

apoli*, Ind.

Born Ontervllle, Wayne County, Ind., June. 1851; dau. Lazarus and Catharine (Judab) Noble; grad. Vassar, A.M. '73. Held chair of English literature at Butler Coll., Irvlngton, Ind., 1883- 93; taught private classes for five years later. Interested in modern New Thought movement and organized charities. Favors woman suffrage. Treas. of Woman's Franchise League of Ind. Recreation: Novel reading. Mom. Indianapolii

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