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108 Has since then sung in all of the classic prima donna soprano roles of grand opera in America and all the great European capitals. Has received decorations and honors from England, Germany, France and Russia, and the unique distinction (being only woman so honored) of the decoration of the Order of St. Cecilia at Rome. In Europe since 1910.

BLAUVELT, Mary Taylor, Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn.

Teacher, author; b. Clinton, N.J., 1868; dau. I. Alstyne and Caroline (Taylor) Blauvelt; grad. Wellesley, B.A. '88, M.A. '91; student in Oxford, England, 1895-97; fellow of Ass'n Collegiate Alumni, 1896-97. Teacher in Elmira Coll., 1892-96; in Rockford Coll., 1898-1300; in Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn., 1903-. Author: The Development of Cabinet Government in England; In Cambridge Backs; Solitude Letters. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, Am. Sociological Ass'n, Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae.

BLEAKLEY, Cara Rogers (Mrs, Clarence L. Bleakley), 536 Broadway, North, Yonkers, N.Y.

Born Norristown, Pa.; dau. George W. and Cara (Bean) Rogers; grad. Elmira Coll., B.A.; m. Clarence L. Bleakley; children: G. Rogers, Paul L., Clarence H. Pres. Gen. Nat. Soc. of Daughters of the Revolution; pres. Elmira College Club of N.Y. City. Director of Peekskill (N.Y.) Hospital; mem. Travelers' Club of Peekskill, N.Y.; Conversational Club of Norristown, Pa. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BLECKLEY, Olie Evans (Mrs. Haralson Bleckley), De Soto Apartments, 120 East Seventh St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Augusta, Ga.; dau. John and Olive (Tarver) Evans; ed. in Augusta, Ga., and N.Y. City; m. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 14, 1895, Haralson Bleckley. Mem. and interested in the Atlanta Art Ass'n., the Anti-Tuberculosis Soc., the 1908 History Class, Associated Charities, D.A.R. and Brookhaven Cluib. Baptist.

BLENDERMAN, Helen Clara Biedel (Mrs. Harry J. Blenderman), 815 W. 179th St., N.Y. City.

Teaching; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 26, 1881; dau. Dr. Henry and Clara (Wendler) Riedel; ed. Turn Schule, Brooklyn; Moabit Höhere Töchter Schule, Berlin; Manual Training High School, Brooklyn; Cornell Univ., A.B. (mem. Wayside Club, Cornell); m. N.Y. City, Oct. 10, 1910, Harry J. Blenderman. Taught German in Manual Training High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1903-10. Mem. Women's Auxiliary Board of 155th St., branch Y.M.C.A. Favors woman suffrage. Lutheran. Recreations: Out-door sports, tennis, running, rowing, basketball, walking. Mem. Cornell Women's Club of N.Y.

BLEWETT, Jean (Mrs. Basset Blewett, 92 Westminster Av., Toronto, Can.

Author; b. New Scotland, Can., Nov. 4, 1872; dau. Ian and Janet (Mclntyre) McKishnie; ed. Chatham (Ont.) Coll; m. Chatham, Ont., 1890, Basset Blewitt; children: John G., Eve Hazel. Works among young women, settlement work, connected with and active in many charitable institutions. Author: From Out the Deep; The Cornflower; Heart Songs; contributes to Collier's, Harper's, etc. Mem. Canadian Press Club, Dickens Fellowship, Canadian Club, Peace and Progress Club, Rosedale Travel Club. Recreations: Books, social life and out-of-door sports. Presbyterian.

BLEY, Caroline Averill (Mrs. John Cornelius Bley), 5046 Washington Park Court, Chicago, Ill.

Born Durand, Wis., Nov. 5, 1858; dau. Charles N. and Frances (Keenan) Averill; ed. country school, Galesville Univ., Wis. State Normal School; m. Durand, Wis., Aug. 18, 1892, John Cornelius Bley. Chairman Home Dep't of Chicago Woman's Club (chairman Playground Com. and has been chairman of Civics Com.); mem. Board of Managers of Fellowship House. Pres. Chicago Clean Food Club; pres. Fellowship House Woman's Club; seven years vice-pres. Fourth Congressional Dist. Ill. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Geographic Soc. of Chicago, Political Equality League, Ill. Audubon Soc. Recreations: Tramping and studying birds, trees and flowers.

BLICHFELDT, Eva Potter (Mrs. E. H. Blichfeldt), Box 414, Chautauqua, N.Y.

Born Delaware Water Gap, Pa,, Aug. 2, 1875; dau. Emory and Huldah (Leach) Potter; ed. Saratoga Springs public schools; grad. high school; Wellesley, B.A. '98; m. Saratoga Springs, 1903, E. H. Blichfeldt; children: Emily Potter, b. Mar. 12, 1910; Eva Mary, b. Nov. 13, 1912. Teacher in public schools of Saratoga Springs for five years before marriage. Mem. W.C.T..U. in Chautauqua; sup't of Loyal Temperance Legion; graduate of Chautauqua Literary Circle. Was a Sunday-school teacher for several years, also mem. of choir. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church.

BLIGH, Julia Morurm (Mrs. Herman E. Bligh), Warsaw, N.J.

Born London, England, April 12, 1855; dau. Henry and Julia (Brett) Morum; ed. Corry (Pa.) High School and Allegheny Coll., Meadville, Pa., A.B. '75; m. Bradford, Pa., Dec. 19, 1879, Herman E. Bligh; children: Julia M., Edith M., Arthur H., Ernest W. Before marriage taught in Corry, Titusville, and Bradford high schools and later was matron of the N.Y. State School for the Blind. Favors woman suffrage; one of directors of Warsaw Political Equality Club. Speaker for suffrage. Methodist. Mem. Monday Club.

BLISS, Eleanora Emma (Mrs. Tasker H. Bliss), Fort Totten, N.Y.

Daughter Rev. George W. Anderson, D.D., and Maria Frances (Hill) Anderson; ed. by tutors in U.S. and Germany; m. Rosemont, Pa., May 24, 1882, Tasker H. Bliss (now brig.-gen. U.S. Army); children: Eleanora Frances, Edward Goring.

BLISS, Eleanora Frances, Fort Totten. N.Y.

Geologist; b. Rosemont, Pa., July 15, 1883; dau. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, U.S.A., and Eleanora Emma (Anderson) Bliss; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. and A.M. '04, Ph.D. '12. Author: Crystalline Rocks of the Doe Run Region of Pennsylvania (thesis). Episcopalian. Recreations: Tennis, horseback riding, swimming, basket ball.

BLISS, Elizabeth Bancroft, 1621 Twenty-first St., Washington, D.C.

Born Berlin, Germany, Nov. 6, 1868; dau. Alexander and Eleanor Taylor (Albert) Bliss; ed. Miss Burgess' and Miss Hilton's private schools in Washington, D.C. Interested in parish activities at St. John's Church, Washington, D.C; mem. Civic Federation; interested in social Improvement. Joint editor of Letters from England by Mrs. George Bancroft Episcopalian. Mem. Colonial Dames of America (Dist. of Columbia Chapter), Am. Forestry Ass'n, Navy League, Nat. Geographic Soc., Washington Club, York Club.

BLISS, Laura Adella, Dickinson House, Northampton, Mass.

Professor of music; b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; ed. In schools of N.Y. City; Vassar Coll., A.B. '77, A.M. '86, Mus.B. '88. Teacher Vassar Coll., 1879-95; Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa., 1895-1904; ass't prof, of music, Smith Coll., since 1904. Elected Associate of Am. Coll. of Music, 1894.

BLISS, Mary H., Iowa Falls, Iowa

Club woman; b. Iowa Falls, la., 1867; dau. Lewis Oscar and Ruth (Seymour) Bliss; father is of Revolutionary stock; descendant of Beriah Bliss and Captain Stephen Seymour, both of whom served in the war of 1776; ed. Iowa Falls High School and Grinnell Coll. Trustee Iowa Falls Public Library; vice-pres. and mem. Board of Directors of Ladies' Social Gathering; delegate from Third District of Iowa to Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs, San Francisco, June, 1912; chairman Third District Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. Congregationalist. Mem. P.E.O. Soc., D.A.R. and Eastern Star. Mem. Parchment Club.

BLISS, Ruth Shorkley (Mrs. George R. Bliss), Silver Spring, Md.

Born Lewisburg, Pa., July 4, 1885; dau. Elisha