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out and Park. Mem. Friends (Quakers). Mem. Thimble Club (social).

JANVIER, Catherine Drinker (Mrs. Thomas Allibone Janvier), 222 W. Fifty-ninth St., N.Y. City.

Artist and writer; b. Philadelphia; dau. Henry Sandwith and Susannah (Shober) Drinker; gen- eral education at home; studied art in Phila- delphia at the Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts and in N.Y. City at the Art Students' League; m. Sept. 26, 1878, Thomas Allibone Janvier (author; died June 18, 1913). Artist-painter; has exhibited in leading competitions; won the prize of the Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts with her picture The Guitar Player. Linguist; has made a special study of the Provençal; honorary mem. of Felibrige, Provence. Mem. Art Students' League of N.Y. City, Soc. for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Author: Practical Keramics for Students; London Mews. Translator of works of Félix Gras (from the Provençal): Reds of the Midi; The White Terror. Mem. Woman's Cosmopolitan Club (N.Y. City), Pioneer Club (London).

JANVIER, Margaret Thompson, Norwood, Mass. Writer of juvenile stories; b. New Orleans, La.; daughter Francis de Haes and Emma (Newbold) Janvier. Contributor in verse and prose to maga- zines. Author (pen-name "Margaret Vande- grift"): Clover Beach; A Dead Doll and Other Verses; Doris and Theodora: Holidays at Home; Little Helpers; The Queen's Body Guard; Rose Raymond's Wards; Under the Dog Star; Ways and Means; Umbrellas to Mend; The Absent- Minded Fairy; Little Bell and Other Stories. Sister of the distinguished litterateur, Thomas Allebone Janvier (died June 18, 1913).

JAQUES, Bertha Evelyn (re. William Jaques), 4316 Greenwood Av., Chicago, Ill.

Etcher, printer; b. Covington, O., Oct. 24, 1863; dau. John W. and Charlotte A. (Wilde) Clauson; ed. schools in Covington and Indian- apolis; m. Nov. 28, 1889, Dr. William K. Jaques; three children (all deceased). Lectures on Etch- ing, and gives practical demonstrations of etching and printing: sec. and treas. Chicago Soc. of Etchers (national in its scope); represented by her etchings in N.Y. Public Library, Congres- sional Library, Washington; exbibited in Paris Salon of 1912; represented in special number of The Studio on Modern Etching and Etchers. In- terested in all movements for betterment of the race. Books: Concerning Etchings; The Story of Sbep; writer of eight well-known Christmas and three New-Year Cards; articles in maga- zines illustrated with her etchings. Mem. Little Room, Audubon Soc., Anti-Cruelty Soc., Caxton Soc., Nat. Geographic Soc., Chicago Soc. of Artists, Art Inst. Alumni Ass'n. Recreations: Sketchings out-doors, making blueprints of plant forms, studying nature, writing music. Independent. Favors woman suffrage. Progres- sive.

JARRETT, Cora Hardy (Mrs. Edwin Seton Jar- rett), 105 E. Nineteenth St., N.Y. City. Born Birmingham, Ala.; ed. Pollock-Stevens Inst., Birmingham, Ala, and Miss Florence Baldwin's School, 'Bryn Mawr, Pa.; holder of James E. Rhoads Junior Scholarship, 1897-98; Anna Powers Memorial Scholarship, 1898-99; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '99; Bryn Mawr European fellow and student at the Sorbonne, Collège de France and Univ. of Oxford, England; m. 1906, Edwin Seton Jarrett. Teacher of Greek and Eng- Hsh in Ward Sem., Nashville, Tenn., and grad- uate student Vanderbilt Univ., 1902-03; teacher of English and literature in St. Timothy's School, Catonsville, Md.

JARVIS, Anna, 2031 North 12th St., Philadel- phia, Pa. Literary work; b. West Virginia; dau. Gran- ville E. and Anna M. (Reeves) Jarvis; ed. South- ern schools and Mary Baldwin Sem., Staunton, Va Founder of Mother's Day and pres. of Mother's Day International Ass'n, with the ob- ject to honor and uplift motherhood and the home. Mother's Day is the second Sunday in May, annually, and its badge is a white carna- tion. Forty-nine Governors of States, Territories and dependencies have recognized and recom-

mended the day; also leading religious, fraternal, educational, patriotic and business organizations. Mem. Geog. Soc. of Philadelphia; honorary mem. Associated Fraternities of America. Recreations: Riding, travel and out-door recreations, music. Club: New Century (Philadelphia).

JARVIS, Mary D., 2015 Q St., Washington, D.C. Born Mathews County, Va.; dau. John W. and Susan A. (Shepard) Jarvis. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants in the Dist. of Columbia, Nat. Soc. of Colonial Dames. Mem. Club of Colonial Dames, Washington Club.

JASTROW, Rachel Szold (Mrs. Joseph Jastrow), 237 Langdon St., Madison, Wis. Born Baltimore, Md., Nov. 30, 1865; dau. Ben- jamin and Sone (Schaar) Szold; ed. Baltimore Western Female High School (Peabody_medal); m. Aug. 2, 1888, Joseph Jastrow. Mem. Consum- ers' League, Audubon, Associated Charities, Jew- ish Charities. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Dane Co. Equal Suffrage League, Wis. Political Equality League. Author: Translation of In- dividualization of Punishment; The World's Legal Philosophies; various articles for encyclo- pedias. Jewess. Mem. University League, In- ternational Peace League, Queen Esther Lodge, Zionist Soc. Club, Madison Woman's.

JEFFERS, Mary, Box 118, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Teacher; b. Oxford, Pa., Apr. 23, 1868; dau. Eliakum Tupper and Esther (Hodgens) Jeffers: ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '95; A.M. '97; studied at universities of Munich, Halle, Bonn, Würz- burg and in Rome and Pompeil. Reader in Ger- man and oral examiner in French and German, Bryn Mawr Coll.; also private tutor for Bryn Mawr Coll. and lecturer on European travel. Mem. exec. com. of Business Woman's Club, Bryn Mawr. Author: First Steps in Latin. Pres- byterian. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumna, Classical Ass'n of the Atlantic States. Recreations: Eu- ropean travel, gardening.

JEFFREY, Jennette Atwater Street (Mrs. Ed- ward C. Jeffrey), 47 Lakeview Av., Cambridge, Mass.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1872; dau. Charles B. and Rachel H. (Bishop) Street; ed. Univ. of Toronto, 1895, fellow in Latin, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1895-96; entered Univ. of Toronto as winner of highest scholarship offered; had first class honors throughout, and took active part in college organizations; taught classics and English in St. Margaret's Coll., Toronto, 1897- 1901; m. Toronto, June 25, 1901, Edward C. Jef- frey; one son: Charles Street. Press correspond- ent for the Cambridge Political Equality Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Has written many newspaper articles. Episcopalian. Recreations: Rowing, swimming, walking, out-of-door life. Clubs: Plant, Cambridge Boat, College.

JENCKES, Adaline Louise, Pawtucket, R.I.

Teacher; b. East Blackstone, Mass.; ed. in schools of Pawtucket, R.I., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '87: N.Y. Univ. A.M. '99; post-graduate student Univ. of Wis., 1901-02; Univ. of Pa, Ph.D. '07. Teacher Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Sem., 1887-88; N.Y. City, 1891-92; Miss Townsend's School, Newark, N.J., 1892-1901; Asbury Park, N.J., since 1906.

JENCKES, Sarah Pratt (Mrs. Ray Greene Jenckes, Jr., 669 Oak St., Terre Haute, Ind. Born Syracuse, N.Y.; dau. Charles and Maria (Freeland) Pratt; ed. Smith Coll., A.B.; Colum- bia Univ. A.M.; m. Syracuse, N.Y., Feb. 12, 1911, Ray Greene Jenckes, Jr.; one daughter: Marion Ray. Acting principal Schenectady (N.Y.) High School, 1905-06; head of English dep't, Springfield (Mass.) High School, 1907-11. Pres. Schenectady Woman's Club, 1906-07; organizer of college grad- uate courses in Springfield, Mass., 1908-10. Mem. Schenectady College Club, Springfield College Club. Favors woman suffrage. Non-sectarian in religion. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Walking, golf, bridge, music.

JENISON, Madge C., 82 Washington Pl., N.Y. City.

Writer; b. Chicago, May 21, 1874; dau. Edward Spencer and Caroline (Spooner) Jenison; ed. Hyde Park High School, Chicago; Wells Coll.