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��SMITH, Theodate lA>nlse, Clark University,

Worcester, Mass.

Psychologist; b. Hallowell, Me., Apr. 9, 1860 dau. Capt. Thomas and Philome' (Hall) Smith grad. Smith Coll., A.B. '82, M.A. 'S4. Ph.D. Yale '96; Yale residence, 1893-95; student Clark Univ., 1S96-96; student at Cornell Univ., 1900; ass't to Pres. G. Stanley Hall in research work uuder Carnegie grant, 1902-04; Estabrook grant, 1904; Berlin Univ., 1905. Since 19C9 lecturer and librarian of Children's Inst., Clark Univ., and head of Dep't of Child Welfare Spent May to October, 1911, in Europe investig-ating child wel- fare institutions. Author of many articles, alone and in coUaboratioL with Prof. G. Stanley Hall; contributed to Am. Journal of Psychology and other scientific journals. Eiditor and partial author: Aspects of Child Iiife and Education, by G. Stanley Hall and Pupils, 1904. Author: The Montessori System in Theory and Practice, 1912. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Psychological Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith Coll. Alumna Ass'n, Nat. Educitional Ass'n. Recrea- tion: Out-door life.

SMITH, Mrs. Theresa Ilerriott Voss, 1121 Capi- tol Av., N., Indianapolis, Ind. Born Noblesville, Hamilton Co., Ind.; dau. Gus- tavus Henry and Sarah Ann (Evans) Voss; ed. Baptist Inst. (Indianapolis), Depauw Coll., Cin- cinnati Music School; children: Harold Voss, Goldwin Jay, Gail, Scott. Favors woman suf- frage. Author of a bill presented to the Legis- lature providing fot a Dep't in County Work- houses for the treai.ment and cure of inebriates. Presbyterian. Mem. General Board of Daugh- ters of the Revolution.

SMITH, Zilpha Drew, 76 White St., East Boston,

Mass.

Social workei'; b. Pembroke, Mass., 1852; dau. Silvanus and Jadith Winsor (McLauthlin) Smith; ed. Girls' High and Normal School, Boston, Mass., grad. '68. Was telegraph operator, later in business ofSce, etc., until 1879, when sho entered the service of the Associated Charities of Boston, lattr becoming general secretary and serving until 1904; since then associate director of the Boston School for Social Workers (writer on social service topics). Mem. Mass. State Con- ference of Charities (pres. 1909); mem. Nat. Con- ference of Charities (chairman Com. on Needy Families in Their Homes, 1901); trustee Esther M. Hawks Trust; director of Tuckerman School (for church workers). Mem. Monday Evening Club (social workers), which she helped to found in 1880. Unitarian. Favor woman suffrage.

SMITHEKS, Bertha, Smyrna, Del.

Born Smyrna, Del.; dau. Joseph and Catharine E. (Wilds) Smithers; ed. Wilmington Conference Acad., Dover, Del.; Woman's Coll., Baltimore, Md. Methodist. Mem. church societies. King's Daughters. Pres. 20th Century Club of Smyrna, 1911-12.

SMITHERS, Kate Eloise Brett (Mrs. John Smithers), Huntington, Lon;? Island, N.T. Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 2, 1857; dau. Albert and Jane (Benson) Brett; ed. Lockwood Acad., Brooklyn; m. Brookjyn, N.Y., Dec. 11, 1883, John Smithers. Pres. Pinehurst Village Club ot Pine- hurst, N.C.

SMITHERS, Mabel Brinkley (Mrs. Christopher D. Smithers), 830 Park Av., N.Y. City, and Glen Cove, L.I., N.Y.

Born Memphis, Tenn., 1880; dau. James M. and Clara (Foote) Brinkley; ed. St. Mary's School, Memphis, Tenn.; m. Nov. 26, 1902, Christopher D. Smithers; children: Robert Brinkley and Mabel Carew. Episcopalian. Recreations: Golf and tennis.

SMITHSON, Mary Isabel, East Orange, N..r.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Willoughby M. and Helen (Wootton) Smithson; ed. private academy in N.Y. City. Author: About Giants (juvenile book), and short stories in magazines. Trans- lator:' Tricks of the Greeks; On the Brink; Quicksands; For His Brother's Sake, and a num- ber of short stories. Contributor to magazines.

��SMOCK, Ada Mima, 21 W. Thirtieth St., N.T.

City.

Stage costume designer; b. Plainfield, N.J., Jan. 18, 1877; dau. William Henry and Ada M. (Marsh) Smock; ed. Staten Island Acad., Dres- den, Germany; Paris, France; N.Y. School of Art; student of Julien Academie, Paris. Has done all professional work under the name of Adrienne Brugard; has written and illustrated entertainments for magazines; illustrator of cos- tume plays from the playwright's manuscript; has written magazine articles: Feast of Fools (Vogue); A Christmas Bazaar a la Japonaisc (Designer). Originator of the display of stage costume designs in paper doll form on miniature stages; illustrator of children's fairy stories on miniature stages. Mem. D.A.R. Clubs: Le Ly- ceum, Societe des Femmes de France 3, New York.

SMUTZ, Laura Katharine, Tidioute, Pa.

High school principal; b. Tidioute, May 21, 1883; dau. Michael J. and Isabella (Kehr) Smutz; ed. Tidioute Grammar and High School, Alle- gheny Coll., Cornell Univ., A.B. '04; grad. Chau- tauqua literary and scientific course, '12; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Iota Rho Epsilon). Acting principal of Columbus (Pa.) public schools, '05; ass't principal Tidioute High School, 1906-08; principal of Hickory Township High School, 1908-14. Recreations: Boating, swimming, tennis, basketball, dancing. Mem. Chautauqua and Scientific Circle.

S5IYTH, Margarita Pumpelly (Mrs. Henry Lloyd Smyth), Belmont St., Watertown, Mass. A-ti.st; b. Newburgh, N.Y., Aug. 6, 1873; dau. Raphael and Eliza (Shepard) Pumpelly; student in art of Abbott Handerson Thayer; m. I3;ightoii, Susse.x, England, Nov. 8, 1894, Henry Lloyd Smyth, prof, of mining and metallurgy in Harv- ard University.

SNEAD, Louise Hammond Willis (Mrs. Harry Vairin Snead), Flushing, L. I.; summer. Subur- ban Av., Greenwich, Conn. Writer, lecturer, miniature painter; b. Charles- ton, S.C; dau. Major Edward and Elizabeth Louise (Hammond) Willis; grad. Charleston Sem. first honor and gold medal, medal for drawing and painting; post-graduate course in literature and languages; m. Harry Vairin Snead of N.Y. City, son of late Col. Thomas L. Snead of Va. ; one daughter: Louise Vairin Snead. Studied drawing, painting and modeling under William M. Chase, Frank V. du Mond, Irving R. Wiles, and others at Art Students' League, N.Y. School of Art and in European galleries. Has exhibited for years in N.Y. Water Color Soc, Am. Soc. of Miniature Painters. Mem. Pa. Soc. of Miniature Painters, and has taken hon. mentions at expo- sition, etc. Has composed 20-odd songs and a march that was orchestrated by Victor Herbert and played by Gilmore's Band. Designed house- boats professionally, also designed model modern suburban homes for ten years. Has contributed largely to women's magazines 15 years, and illustrated her own articles. Has lectured on "The Magic Carpet," or the making of real Per- sian rugs; also lectures on other topics of special interest to women's clubs, one being point laces, and illustrated a series of articles on the sub- ject of point-lace making for Chautauqua Maga- zine. Has copied many antique embroideries from museums. In the line of art needlework; interested in handicrafts, weaving, hammered iDrass, illuminated leather, tapestry and in all lines of interior decoration, and doing over antique mahogany. Protestant. Recreations: Landscape gardening, building stone pillars and walls, making concrete garden furniture, j

SNEATH, Laura Steplienson (Mrs. Samuel B.

Sneath), 211 Monroe St., Tiffin, O. ; winter

home. New Orleans, La. ; summer home, Port

Colborne, Ont.

Born Martinsburg, Knox Co., O. ; dau. William and Mary A. (Anderson) Stephenson (Colonial ancestry); grad. high school; tutored with college professors; passed State Board Examiners, re- ceiving three-year certificate at age of 20 years; m. Findlay, O., Nov. 5, 1879, Samuel B. Sneath;

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