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HOLLIDAY-HOLMES

World with Josiah Allen's Wife; Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition; Samantha vs. Josiah; The Borrowed Automobile; Samantha on Chil- dren's Rights; Samantha at Coney Island and One Thousand More Islands; also two plays: "Betsy Bobbit" and "Josiah's Secret." Exten- sive contributor to magazines. Baptist. Recrea- tions: Books, music, flower gardening, nature study, driving, motoring.

HOLLIDAY, Edith Wray (Mrs. Clyde Holliday), Knoxville, Tenn.

Dau. Joseph Bowman and Hannah Bassett (Kite) Wray; ed. public schools of N.Y. City; Westtown (Pa.) Boarding School, 1890-92; Oak- wood Sem., Union Springs, N.Y., 1895-97; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; m. Cranford, N.J., Oct. 8, 1904, Clyde Cecil Holliday; children: Clyde Wray, b. 1905; Catharine Bassett, b. 1908 (deceased); Esther Maude, b. 1910; Frances Elizabeth, b. 1912. Was engaged as teacher of languages, Ingleside School, Levanna, N.Y., 1901-02; head of Interlocken Acad., Orlando, Fla., 1902-03; lan- guages, Lowville (N.Y.) Acad., 1903-04. Inter- ested in all religious work; teacher of class of boys in Sunday-school; sec. missionary soc., 1911- 12; sup't and founder of Elba (N.Y.) Mothers' Club, July, 1911; sec. of Elba Friends' Foreign Missionary Soc., 1911-12; vice-pres. of W.C.T.U. of Elba, 1910-11. Recreations: Driving, social life. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Favors woman suffrage.

HOLLIS, Bertha Poole (Mrs. J. H. Hollis), 150 Ocean St., Lynn, Mass.

Born Lynn, Mass., Nov. 18, 1877; dau. Charles H. and Nellie (Poole) Chase; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '99; m. Lynn, Mass., Apr. 21, 1904, John Hudson Hollis; children: John Hudson, b. Aug. 10, 1905; Edward Poole, b. Mar. 24, 1908; Charles Hilliard, b. July 8, 1912. High schooĺ teacher, 899-1904. Chairman Finance Com. Home for Young Women; sup't Sunday-school kinder- garten. Congregationalist. Mem. Starr Club.

HOLLIS, Grace Weston (Mrs. Frederick Stearns Hollis), 640 Middle Drive, Woodruff Place, In- dianapolis, Ind.

Born Cincinnati, O., Oct. 11, 1869; dau. Walter and Grace Mason (Weston) Allen; ed. public schools of Newton, Mass.; Newton High School, '87; Smith Coll., B.L. '91; m. Newton Highlands, Mass., Aug. 7, 1901, Frederick Stearns Hollis; children: Frederick Allen, Eleanor Weston, Wal- ter. Teacher in high schools, Norwalk, Conn.; New Haven, Conn.; Newton, Mass., before mar- riage. Mem. Smith Alumnæ Ass'n. Congrega- tionalist.

HOLLISTER, Gertrude Bullen (Mrs. Harry Landon Hollister), 708 W. Eighteenth St., Pueblo, Colo.

Born Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 18, 1868; dau. Joseph Addison and Anna (Parker) Bullen; ed. and Leavenworth (Kan.) public schools by private tutors; m. Pueblo, Colo., June 25, 1895, Harry Landon Hollister; one daughter, Kather- ine Bullen, b. Aug. 26, 1896. Vice-pres. Colo. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1908. Pres. same, 1908-10. Identified with educational, religious and social work. Favors woman suffrage. Congregation- alist. Independent Republican. Went

HOLLY, Flora Mai, Shippan Point, Stamford, Conn.; office, 156 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.

Authors' and publishers' representative; b. Stamford, Conn.; dau. Charles Egbert and Eliza (Houston) Holly (father of old New England family; mother of Scotch, Irish and French de- scent); ed. private schools in Stamford. to N.Y. City as young girl to enter business career and after short apprenticeship in office of the Churchman went on the Bookman, remain- ing nine years in editorial dep't of that magazine. In 1905 opened office as authors' and publishers' representative, placing books, short stories, etc., for authors and also doing revising and criti- cising of MSS. submitted to her for that purpose. Favors woman suffrage. Author of reviews and critical articles in various magazines and news- papers. Episcopalian. Mem. Stamford Yacht Club, Authors' League, Pen and Brush Club (N.Y. City).

HOLMAN, Josephine McArthur (Mrs. Joseph W. Holman), Eagle Grove, Ia. Born Glasgow, Scotland, Mar. 26, 1867; dau. John and Catherine (Campbell) McArthur; ed. Glasgow, Scotland, private school and McNeil's Acad.; m. Chicago, Ill., June 27, 1884, Joseph W. Holman; children: Isabella McArthur, b. 1885; Margaret Elizabeth, 1886; Alice, 1888; Lucy, 1900; Vesta, 1894; Hope, 1897. Mem. Equality Club, Woman's Club, King's Daughters.Con- gregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

HOLMAN, Madge Timmerman (Mrs. Carl J. Holman), Mankato, Minn.

Physician; b. Little Falls, N.Y., Sept. 25, 1876; dau. Myron P. and Mary (Tunnicliff) Tim- merman; grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of North- western Univ., M.D.; m. Mankato, Minn., Mar. 14, 1901, Dr. Carl J. Holman of Mankato, Minn. Practiced medicine for seven years after gradua- tion. Mem. Minn. State Com. on Eugenics, State Art Com. of Fed. Clubs; hon. mem. Blue Earth County Med. Soc., Southwestern Minn. Med. Soc. Favors woman suffrage. During 1912 director in Minn. State Suffrage Ass'n. Presbyterian. Mem. Mankato Art History Club.

HOLMAN, Silena Moore (Mrs. Thomas P. Hol- man), Fayetteville, Tenn.

President Tennessee Woman's Christian Tem- perance Union; b. Decherd, Franklin Co., Tenn.; dau. James Lewis and Sarah Jane (Simpson) Moore; ed. Lynchburg, Tenn.; m. near Lynch- burg, Tenn., Jan. 5, 1875, Dr. Thomas P. Hol- man; children: Burke, Edmund, James Wayne, Leon Moore, Fanny Lynne, Ross Lewis, Moore Wallace, Neil Dow, Thomas East. Author: Hand Book of Instructions for Local Unions of W.C.T.U., and the leaflets: What Is the W.C.T.U.? Who Did It? Questions Answered; Unfermented Wine; The W.C.T.U. and the Col- lection, and several others of large circulation; constant writer in the papers of the State, mostly along reform lines. Mem. D.A.R.; State chairman of the Com. on Welfare of Women and Children, National Com. on Welfare of Women and Children, United Daughters of the Con- federacy. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Church; Sunday-school teacher. Recreation: Travel. Fa- vors woman suffrage.

HOLMES, Adeline Morehouse (Mrs. Eugene D. Holmes), 74 Allen St., Albany, N.Y.

Born Cleveland, Ohio; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Coll., '89; m. Eugene D. Holmes. After marriage was for four years preceptress of Delaware Acad., Delhi, N.Y. Presbyterian; has been active in Sunday-school and Ladies' Aid work. Former pres. Delhi (N.Y.) Tourist Club and vice-pres. Pine Hills Fortnightly Club of Albany, N.Y.

HOLMES, Charlotte Rebecca, 16 Legare St., Charleston, S.C.

Born Charleston, S.C., Dec. 16, 1877; dau. George Smith and Mary Lane (Burchmeyer) Holmes; ed. private school in Charleston. Mem. Colonial Dames of America, United Daughters of Confederacy. Recreations: Golf, tennis, cards, books. Mem. Charleston Country Club. Episcopalian. Fond of travel and has lived in Peru and Argentina.

HOLMES, Dorothy Lees Dole (Mrs. Benjamin Blake Holmes), Darien, Conn.

Born Charlotte, Mich., Apr. 24, 1868; dau. George Rockwood and Marthaett (Lees) Dole; ed. Wellesley Coll., 1885-1890, B.S. '89; m. Winchendon, Mass., Sept. 3, 1895, Benjamin Blake Holmes; one daughter: Theodora Blake, b. June 24, 1896. Episcopalian.

HOLMES, Kate Osgood (Mrs. William H. Holmes), 1454 Belmont St., Washington, D.C., and Rockville, Md.

Born Ellsworth, Me., Oct. 1, 1858; dau. James B. and Cornelia Adams (Upham) Osgood; ed. public and private schools. Mem. Art Students' League of N.Y. City, the Corcoran Gallery School of Washington, D.C., and the studios of Edmund G. Messer and William H. Holmes of Washing- ton; m. 1883, William H. Holmes (now chief of the Bureau of Am. Ethnology in Washington); two sons. Artist and instructor in drawing, painting, design, household decoration and home economics. Mem. Twentieth Century Club, Eistophos Club, the Water Color Soc. of Wash- Ington, D.C.; Woman's Club and the Inquiry Club of Rockville, Md.