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��PAXMEK, Axma Campbell (Mrs. George Archi- bald Palmer), 36 3 College Av., Elmira, N.Y. Writer; b. Elmira, N.Y., Feb. 3, 1854; dau. James Barbour and Sally Peck (Carpenter) Campbell; ed. in private schools, Laneasterian School of Ithaca, Miss Guile's Sem.; m. Sept. 2S, 1880, George Archibald Palmer (died April 19, 1912); children: Georgianna Converse, Sally. Author: The Summervllle Prize; A Little Brown Seed; Lady Gay; Lady Gay and Her Sister; A Dozen Good Times; Which Was the Progressive V/oman? Nine Times Nine (in collaboration); Joel Dorman Steele (a biography). Methodist. PALMEK, Bertlia Honore (Mrs. Potter Palmer), 1366 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, III. Born Louisville, Ky. ; dau. Hon. Henry H. and Eliza Dorsey (Carr) Honore; educated in Con- vent school at Georgetown, Ky., and by private tuition; m. 1871, Potter Palmer, business man and large real estate owner, Chicago (died May 4, 1902). President of the Nat. B'd of Lady Mana- gers of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, 1893, and appointed by President McKinley a member of the U.S. Nat. Com. to the Paris Exposition of 1900, being the only woman member, and was awarded the Legion of Honor of France. Prominent in social life in Chicago and in Paris, where much of her time is spent. Has large real estate interests in Chicago and owns several thousands of acres of land in Florida, where she has a winter home. Clubs: Fortnightly, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Woman's (Chicago); Colony (N.Y. City). PAXMEB, Bessie Draper (Mrs. L. C. Palmer), 64 The Dresden, Washington, D.C. Born Atlanta, Ga., July 11, 1880; dau. William Wood and Emma Eliza (Moore) Draper; ed. Miss Hanna"s School (private), Calhoun St. School (public) and Washington Sem. (private), At- lanta, Ga., and Cox Coll. (College Park, Ga.), and "The Castle," Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N.Y.; m. (1st) Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 4, 1901, James R. McKel- din; (2d) Stonycrest, Bound Brook, N.J., June 10, 1911, Lieut. Commander L. C. Palmer: children: James Reese McKeldin, Bessie Draper McKeldin, Laura Creighton Palmer. Presbyterian. Was .sponsor in chief of Confederate Veterans' Reunion in LouisviUe, Ky., 1899; took trip around world, following Atlantic fleet, 1908, for eight months. PALMER, Blanche Lillian, 168 Nichols St., Everett, Mass.

Music teacher; b. Portland, Me., July 26, 1869; dau. Harden and Floritta Marcia (Carlton) Palmer, lineal descendant of Thomas Palmer, who came from England in 1638 and was one of the founders of Rowley, Mass.; grad. Everett (Mass.) High School, '87, and New England Con- servatory of Music, '93, and special training in voice culture under William T. Dobson. Tutor for two years in New England Conservatory and since then engaged as a private teacher of music. Mem. Mendelssohn Club.

PALMEK, Edna Louise, 245 Prospect Av., Mt. Vernon, N.Y.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. 1900; student of German, Harvard Summer School, 1901: of French at I'lnstitut Rudy, Paris, France, 1906-07; German in Berlitz School, Munich and Heidel- berg, 1906-07. Ass't in high school, Northboro, Mass. 1900-01; teacher of French and German, Vvallingford, Conn., 1901-06; South Orange, N.J., 1907-09; head of French dep't, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., since 1909. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n. PAXIVIER, Eleanor Perry (Mrs. Edwin Palmer), 25 Claremont Av., N.Y. City. Painter; b. Belfast, Ireland, 1864; dau. John Fowler and Agnes B. (Gillespie) Perry; ed. Rev. J. J. Hartrick's private school, Belfast; studied art in the Academic Julian, Paris, and Art Stu- dents' League, N.Y. City; m. Albany, N.Y., 1880, Edwin Palmer. Exhibited at Nat. Acad, of Design; did decorative painting for Waldorf Astoria (the new Astor addition), 1896. Hon. vice-pres. of Bide-A-Wee Ass'n (home for ani- mals); interested in anti-vivisection, Ala Lewis Home in Paris for Homeless American and Eng- lish Girl Students, East Side Clinic for Women and Children and settlement work In N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Political

��Union, Equal Franchise Soc. and Political Equality League of N.Y. City. Mem. Mozaxt Soc, Public Good Soc. (second vice-pres.). Rec- reations: Yachting, swimming, motoring, sketch- ing. Mem. N.Y. City Fed. of Women's Cluba (chairman of art).

PALMER, Elizabeth Paine (Mrs. Francis L.

Palmer), Stillwater, Minn.

Born Oshkosh, Wis., 1863; dau. George M. and Martha (Wheeler) Paine; grad. Smith Coll., B.S. '89; student of pedagogy at Oshkosh (Wis.) Nor- mal School, 1890-91 (mem. Alpha Soc, Smith); m. Oshkosh, 1895, Rev. Francis L. Palmer; chil- dren: Georgiana, Theodore Paine. Taught in Milwaukee College before marriage. Episco- palian.

PALMER, Francesca di Maria — see Spaulding,

Francesca di Maria Palmer.

PALMER, Harriet Warner (Mrs. Charles Skeele

Palmer), 23 Park Place, Newtonville, Mass.

Bom Williamsburg, Mass., Feb. 12, 1857; dau. John Flavel and Harriet (Leigh) Warner; ed. Northampton (Mass.) High School; grad. Smith Coll. (first class), '79; m. Northampton, Sept. 30, 1886, Charles Skeele Palmer, Ph.D.; children: Helen Warner, Leigh Warner, Winifred Warner Palmer. Studied history and literature one year in Univ. of Leipzig. Teacher of classics for six years in Holyoke (Mass.) High School. Favors woman suffrage; voted for both State and Nat. officers in Colorado, including first elections there by women. Author of short papers such as memories of college life in the early days (In Smith College Monthly). Congregationallst. Mem. Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. Was active in the faculty and student life in Univ. of Colo. ; has also lived in Denver and Golden, Colo.; Anaconda, Mont.; Brooklyn, N.Y., and Newtonville, Mass. Recreation: Studies (with husband) of the Shakesi>eare q[uestion.

PALMER, Leiia Belinda, Cassville, Oneida Co.,

N.Y.

Teacher; b. Bridgewater, N.Y., Sept. 19, 1854; dau. George V/ashington and Paulinea Belinda (Loorcis) Palmer; of early New England an- cestry; ed. West Winfield (N.Y.) Acad., Whites- town (N.Y.) Sem. and Cornell Univ., B.S. '76 Taught thirty-five years, mostly in high schools. Favors woman suffrage. Pres. Bridgewatei (N.Y.) Equal SuSrage Club. Republican. Rec- reation: Travel. Mem. New Century Club ol Utica (N.Y.), Art and Travelers' Club of Bridge- water (N.Y.), Parliamentary Class (Utica)-. Pres. Bridgewater Cornell Farmers' Wivea Reading Club. PALMER, Lucia A. (Mrs. Horatio R. Palmer)

72 Highland Av., Yonkers, N.Y.

Author, artist; b. Dryden, N.Y. ; dau. Rockwell L. and Susan Chapman; ed. Rushford Acad., N.Y. ; m. Dr. Horatio Richmond Palmer (died 1907). Prize winner in the Paris Exposition ol 1900. Author: Grecian Days; Oriental Days; Money and Misery. Mem, Woman's National Press Ass'n, Washington, D.C. PALMER, Margaretta, Yale Observatory, New

Haven, Conn.

Astronomer; b. Branford, Conn.; grad. Vassal Coll., A.B. 1887-89, Yale Univ., Ph.D. 1894. In- structor, Vassar Coll., 18S7-89; ass't, Yale Ob- servatory since 1889. Wrote: Definitive Orbit ol the Comet, 1847 (in Vol. VI of Transactions of the Astronomical Observatory at Yale Univ.). PALMER, Pauline (Mrs. Albert E. Palmer),

2658 Seminary Av., Chicago, 111.

Artist; b. McHenry, IlL; dau. Nicholas and Frances (Spanganacher) Lennards; ed. St. Mary's, Milwaukee, Wis.; grad. Art Institute, Chicago, 111.; Colarossi Academle and Acadimie de la Grande ChaumiSre (Paris) ; studied in Paris under Raphael Colin, Prinet, Gourtois, Simone and Richard Miller; m. May 21, 1891, Dr. Albert E. Palmer. Exhibited at Paris Salon (1903-4-5-6, and 1911); Naples (Italy) Esposizione de Belle Arti (19U); Omaha Exposition (1898); and in Chicago, Philadelphia, Buffalo, N.Y. City, etc.; received silver medal at Colarossi Acad., and bronze medal at Academy da la Grand« Chaumi6re (Paris); bronze medal St Louis Ex-

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