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Rh branch of the Nat. Indian Ass'n; charter mem. of Broome Co. Historical Soc. Pres. of Foreign Missionary Auxiliary and for many years the district pres. of Foreign Missions; also active in work for Home Missions. Pres. the Civic Club of Binghamton; mem. of Monday Afternoon Club, also Chautauqua Woman's Club. Recreations: Traveling, sight-seeing; has attended many of the biennial conventions of General Fed. of Women's Clubs as delegate. Represents Broome County in Bureau of Reciprocity and Information of the N.Y. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Methodist.

BENNEY, Edith Neil (Mrs. Albert Barnes Benney), Sewickley Heights, Sewickley, Pa.

Born Columbus, Ohio; ed. in schools of Columbus, Ohio, and Vassar Coll., A.B. '93; m. October, 1896, Albert Barnes Benney; one son, one daughter. Writer of magazine stories and poems; contributor of special articles to newspapers; author of booklet: How Paderewski Plays.

BENOIST, Mary Hunt (Mrs. Theodore Benoist), 4632 Berlin Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born St, Louis, Nov. 12, 1865; dau. Charles L. and Mary C. (Owings) Hunt; ed. at home by tutors and governesses; m. Normany, St. Louis County, Jan. 12, 1887, Theodore Benoist; children: Charles Louis, b. Aug. 14, 1889; Miriam, b. Aug. 3, 1890; Jean B. b. Aug. 29, 1891; Anna Wright, b. May 12, 1893; Theodore, b. Dec. 8, 1896; Wilson A., b. Oct. 12, 1898; François Barat, b. Dec. 4, 1900. Roman Catholic. Recreations: Golf, tennis, automobiling, walking. Mem. St. Louis Woman's Club (chairman entertainment com.).

BENSON, Clara Cynthia, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Can., and Port Hope, Ontario, Can.

Associate professor; b. Port Hope, Can., June 5, 1875; dau. T. M. and Laura A. (Fuller) Benson; ed. Port Hope public and high schools; Univ. of Toronto, 1895-99, B.A.; post-grad, work Univ. of Toronto until 1903; Ph.D., Toronto, '03. Sec. Faculty of Household Science, Univ. of Toronto, 1906-. Connected with Univ. of Toronto as fellow in chemistry, 1899-1902; assistant in chemistry, 1902-03. Instructor in science, Lillian Massey School of Household Science, Toronto, 1903-05; lecturer in physiological chemistry, 1905-06, and associate professor same, Univ. of Toronto, 1906-. Chairman Foreign Com. of the Dominion Council of the Y.W.C.A. of Canada; mem. of Student Com. of same. Mem. Am. Chemical Soc, Am. Ass'n of Biological Chemists, Am. Home Economies Ass'n, Ontario Education Ass'n, University Women's Club (Toronto). Recreation: Travel. Anglican.

BENSON, Rebecca Elizabeth Hamilton (Mrs. James Fareira Benson), "Delmar-Morris," Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Lafayette, Montgomery Co., Pa., July 4, 1875; dau. Charles Lacey and Olivia Garrett (Philips) Hamilton; ed. to 1885 Agnes Irwin School, Philadelphia, and to 1890 Comegy Boarding School, Philadelphia; m, Germantown, Philadelphia, June 14, 1899, James Fareira Benson; one son: Charles Hamilton Benson. Active in social and philanthropic interests; interested in Babies' Hospital and Playgrounds Ass'n (Philadelphia), Pa. Soc. of Prevention of Tuberculosis, and Pa. Soc. for Prevention of Social Disease. Episcopalian.

BENTLEY, Clara Augusta, Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass.

Teacher; b. Willimantic, Conn.; grad. Vassar, A.B. '91. Teacher East Orange (N.J.) High School, 1891-1900; Hartford (Conn.) High School, 1900-05; Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass., since 1905.

BENTLEY, Ellida Pattison (Mrs. Henry Dinsley Bentley), 35 Lincoln Av., Freeport, Ill.

Born Winslow, Ill., July 22, 1856; dau. Richard Pattison of Md. and Mary J. (Wadhams) Pattison of N.Y.; ed. Freeport and Chicago, Ill.; m. Dec. 28, 1875, Henry Dinsley Bentley of London, England; children: Charles Johnson, b. June 3, 1877; Henry Dinsley Bentley, b. July 4, 1883. Pres. Home Missionary Soc. of Presbyterian Church. Teacher in Sunday-school (boys); mem. of several social organizations; mem. Associated Charities in Freeport; contributor to Home for Dependent Girls, Park Ridge, Ill. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Ill. State Executive Com. of the Progressive Party. Author of short stories: A Little Journey to Honolulu Before Cable Communication Between United States and Hawaiian Islands; A Woman's View of Oberammergau and the Passion Play, etc. Presbyterian. Mem. Euterpean Musical Soc. Recreations: Whist, golf, travel in foreign lands. Pres. sixth year of the Freeport Woman's Club (200 mem.); State vice-pres. of 13th Congressional Dist. of Ill. Fed. of Women's Clubs four years. Recording sec. Ill. State Fed. of Women's Clubs; an Illinois State delegate to the biennial in St. Louis, 1904; St. Paul, 1906; Boston, 1908; San Francisco, 1912. Interested in art; mem. Art Com. Ill. State Fed. Women's Clubs; also interested in music.

BENTLEY, Luette P., Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.

Teacher; b. Streetsboro, Ohio, June 2, 1841; dau. Charles and Clarina (Bronson) Bentley; grad. Lake Erie Sem. (now college), Painesville, Ohio, '65; Mount Holyoke Coll., M.A. '09. Began teaching at Lake Erie Sem., 1865; ass't principal, 1877-98; became dean of college in 1898 and held office till resignation in 1909.

BENTLEY, Mabel E. Davison (Mrs. Wray Annin Bentley), Windham, Greene Co., N.Y.

Born Rockville Centre, L.I.; dau. Robert A. and Emeline (Sealy) Davison; ed. Wesleyan Acad., Wilbraham, Mass., 1888-91; Wellesley Coll., Mass., B.A. '95 (mem. Phi Sigma); m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1899, Wray Annin Bentley; one son: Wray Davison. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church.

BENTON, Jeannette Scott (Mrs. Charles E. Benton), Ft. Scott, Kan.

Writer; b. Greenville, Mich., 1862; dau. William Dean Scott and Phoebe (Cubim) Scott; ed. in schools of Olivet and Ann Arbor, Mich.; m. Iola, Kan., 1885, Charles E. Benton; children: Dean, Donald Lee, Charles Edward. Interested in club work and charities. Favors woman suffrage. Author of short stories in Munsey's, McClure's, Ainslie's, Red Book, Smart Set, Youth's Companion, and others. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. federated clubs and church guilds. Recreation: General social theatres. Mem. various literary and social clubs.

BENTON, Mary Lathrop, 39 West St., Northampton, Mass.

Teacher; b. B'hamdun, Mt. Lebanon, Syria, Feb. 26, 1864; dau. William Austin and Loanza (Gouldlng) Benton; ed. Univ. of Minnesota, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '85. Engaged in secondary teaching until 1894; study abroad 1894-97. Instructor Smith Coll., 1897; assoc. prof., 1905; study abroad, 1907-08; prof, of Latin, Smith Coll., 1909—. Interested in social and religious questions. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist Recreations: Travel, out-door life.

BENWAY, Mabel Reed, 166 Western Av., Albany, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Norwich, N.Y.; ed. in schools of Albany, N.Y.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '98; graduate scholar, 1898-99; student in Normal Coll., Albany, M.Y., 1899-1900. Teacher High School, New Brighton, Pa., 1900-01; North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1901-07; Brooklyn, N.Y., since 1907.

BENZIGER, Gertrude Lytton (Mrs. August Benziger), 140 W. Fifty-seventh St., N.Y. City; summer address, Villa Gutenberg, Brunnen, Switzerland.

Born Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 25, 1875; dau. Henry C. and Rose E. (Wolfe) Lytton; ed. the Loring School, Chicago; m. N.Y. City, July 5, 1898, August Benziger, the artist; children: Marie Gertrude Rosa, b. 1899 in Brunnen, Switzerland; Helene Henriette, b. 1900 (Brunnen); Marguerite Marie, b. 1901 (Paris, France). Life mem. Chicago Chapter D.A.R. Catholic.

BERG, Clara de Lissa, 45 Brighton Av., E. Orange, N.J.

Born Philadelphia, April 4, 1876; dau. Hart E. and Rega (de Lissa) Berg; ed. Barnard Coll., A.B. '98; Columbia Univ., A.M. '02; Curtis Scholarship, Columbia, 1902-03 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma). Ex-sec. Intercollegiate Socialist Soc.,