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��WETMOBK, Louise Southworth, 416 W. 122d

St., N.T. City.

Kindergartner; b. Rochester, N.Y., Mar. 20, 1874; dau. Lansing G. and Amoret L. (South- worth) Wetmore; grad. Wellesley Coll., A.B. (mem. Zeta Alpha). Settlement worker. Resi- dent at People's Home Settlement. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. WETMORE, Mary Minerva, 511 West Church

St., Champaign, III.

Artist; b. Canfield, O. ; dau. John and Minerva (Wallace) Wetmore; studied art in Cleveland School, of Art, Philadelphia, School of Design, Art Students' Ijeague (N.Y. City), Julien Acad, and Colorossi Acad., Paris. Teacher of art in art dep't Univ. of 111. Exhibited in Paris Salon of 1900 and 1901, and hajs e.'chibited work in N.Y., Philadelphia and Chicago. Presbyterian. Mem. Paris Woman's Art Ass'n, Woman's Art Club of N.Y. City; lite mem. Art Students' League (N.Y. City), and the Am. Fed. of Arts Soc. WETMOBE, Sarah Adeline Pollard (Mrs.

Charles A. Wetmore), 89 Cayuga St., Seneca

Falls, N.Y.

Born Seneca Falls, N.Y., Nov. 11, 1842; dau. William Pettis and Mary (Foote) Pollard; ed. Seneca Falls Acad., Hudson River Inst, (grad.); m. Mar. 21, 1871, Charles A. Wetmore, (prin. of Acad, of Leicester, Mass.); children: Edith, May. Has contributed many articles to various journals, including Notes and Queries of London and Paris. Episcopalian. Mem. Village Im- provement Soc, Historical Soc; former pres. of Seneca Falls Art Club (fouaded, 1875) ; mem. Shakespeare Club; has been pres. of Fortnightly Club since its foundation in 1S87. Against woman suffrage. WEY, Frances Christina (Mrs. Henry B. Wey),

123 Elizabeth St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Urbana, Ohio; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '73; m. Dec 19, 1881, Henry B. Wey; two sons, one daughter. Interested In educational ques- tions and club work; chairman of the Student Aid Com. of the Georgia State Fed. of Women's Clubs. WHAETON, Anne HcUingsworth, 2220 Locust

St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Author; b. Southampton Furnace, Pa.; dau. Charles and Mary McLanahan (Boggs) Wharton; ed. school of Miss Gertrude Gary (grad. No. 1 in class). Interested in the New Century Guild for Working Women. Author: Through Colonial Doorways; Colonial Days and Dames; Heirlooms in Miniatures; Social Life in the Early Republic; Salons Colonial and Republican; A Last Century Maid; In Chateau Land; An English Honey- moon; Italian Days and Ways; Martha Washing- ton; also contributor to serial magazines. Mem., founder and vice-pres. of the Browning Soc. of Philadelphia. Founder of the Nat. Soc. of the Colonial Dames of America, and was its first historian. Club: Nr'W Century. Recreations: Gardening, photographing. Episcopalian. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. Advisory Board of Pa. Limited Suffrage League. WHABTON, Mrs. Edith (Newbold Jones), care

of Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y. City.

Author; b. N.Y. City, 1862; dau. George Fred- eric and Lucretia Stevens (Rhinelander) Jones; ed. at hom«; m. 1885, Edward Wharton. Author: Decoration of Houses (v/ith Ogden Codman), 1897; The Greater Inclination, 1899; The Touch- stone, 1900; Crucial Instances, 1901; The Valley of Decision, 1902; Sanctuary, 1903; The Descent of Man, and Other Stories, 1904; Italian Villas and Their Gardens, 1904; Italian Backgrounds, 1905; The House of Mirth, 1905; The Fruit of the Tree, 1907; Madame de Treymes, 1907; A Motor Flight Through France, 1908; Artemis to Actaeon, and Other Verse, 1909; Tales of Men and Ghosts, 1910; Ethan Frome, 1911; The Reef, 1912; The Custom of the Country, 1913; also various shorter stories and sketches in leading magazines. Edited, 1902, a translation of Suder- mann's Es lebe das Leben (Joy of Living). WHARTON, Rosa Neilson, 1616 Fine St., Phila- delphia, Pa.

Principal of private school; b. Philadelphia,

��Pa., Nov. 26, 1876; dau. William Moore and Ellen (Clifton) Wharton; ed. Miss Ashbridge's School, Haverford, Pa., and Miss Agnes Irwin's School, Philadelphia, Pa. Started in 1904 the Wharton School, of which she has since been principal. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise Soc. of Philadelphia. Episcopalian. Mem. Sedgeley Club.

WHEATLEY, Elizabeth Starr (Mrs. Edmund A.

Wheatley), 4215 Alabama Av., Chattanooga,

Tenn.

Born Richmond, Ind., Jan. 8, 1866; dau. Capt. Joseph West and Eliza Morgan (Burr) Starr; ed. Richmond Acad, of Friends and private tutors; m. Oct. 16, 1892, Edmund A. Wheatley. Inter- ested in child welfare and in improvement of factory conditions. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Rec- reations: Yachting, automobiling, American and European travel. Mem. Kosmos Club, Chat- tanooga Tuberculosis Ass'n, City Beautiful Club, Woman's Club, Pro Re Bona Club, Kosmos Cot- tage Ass'n, Chattanooga Golf and Country Club.

WHEATLEY, Ilorccce Bacon (Mrs. William H.

Wheatley), Whitehall, N.Y.

Born Canton, Pa., Oct. 24, 1882; daiT. Wilson Van Dyke and Josephine A. (Seymour) Bacon; ed. Bucknell Univ., Lewishurg, Pa., Ph.B. '06; mem. Pi Beta Phi; m. Canton, Pa., Ai;g. 24, 1910, Rev. William H. Wheatley; children: Florence J., Louise G. (twins), b. June 24, 1911. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Fortnightly Literary Club, Whitehall, N.Y. ; Beethoven Mu- sical Club, Canton, Pa.

WHEDON, Mary Allen, 1813 Laurel Av., St.

Paul, Minn.

Editorial work (assoc. editor of Farmer's Wife); b. West Pawlet, Vt., June 20, 1862; dau. Alleu Whedon and Ruth Vail (Staples) Whedon; grad. Glens Falls (N.Y.) Acad., '82. Teacher public schools in N.Y. and Wis., studied, practised and taught shorthand. Taught in State School for Deaf in N.Dak. (seven years of teaching altogether); later took up newspaper work and has followed it as reporter, editor and feature writer in N.Dak., Chicago and Minneao-ta tvT 15 years. Interested in Sunday-sctiool work and teaching, tom.perance, suffrage and club viork. Favors woman Siittrage. Was pres. and cor. sec. N.Dak. Equal Suffrage Ass'n; vice-pros. N.Dak. Fed. of Clubs. Baptist, liecreations: Walking, out-door sleeping, cold baths. Mem. Civic Club of St. Paul, Political Equality Club of St. Paul, Vv^.C.T.U. Club of St. Paul; mem. Rural Life Com., Minn. State Fed. of Women's Clubs; sec.-treas. The International Farm Women's Press Ass'n, an auxiliary of The International Forum Women's Congress. De- scendant of Ethan Allen on paternal side, John Rogers on maternal side.

WHEELAN, Albprtine Handall (Mrs. Fairfax H. Wheelan), 182 Claremont Av., N.Y. City. Artist; b. San Francisco, Cah, May 27, 1863; dau. Albert Gallatin and Augusta F. (Soule) Randall; ed. Denman School, San Francisco; Girls' High School and San Francisco School of Design, four years, under Virgil Williams; m. San Francisco, May 18, 1887, Fairfax H. Wheelan; children: Edgar Stow, Fairfax Randall. Has illustrated many years for St. Nicholas and other children's publications; dMigued stained glass windows, book plates, Christmas cards, illus- trated books, and since coming to New York has been Da^id Belasco's costume designer, begin- ning that T/ork v/ith The Rose of the Rancho; has painted cartoons Icr tapestry at the Herter looms. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. In- ternationally known for her bookplate designs.

WHEELER, Adele Maria Graves (Mrs. Leverett Case Wheeler), 59 Watson Av., Wauwatosa, Wis.

Born Appleton, Wis., Nov. 7, 1871; dau. Sylves- ter L. and Mary Rose (Barteau) Graves; grad. Univ. of Wis., bachelor of English, '94; m. Milwaukee, Oct. 10, 1894, Leverett Case Wheeler; children: Sylvester Lawrence, Catherine Eleanor. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Milwaukee Branch Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnaa. Recreation: Travel. Pres. Twentieth Century Topic Club of Wauwatosa.

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