Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 163

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physicians and nurses, for women and children; the nurses are trained at the hospital, and are in such demand that it is almost im- possible to supply all that are desired for outside work. Address, Clarendon Hotel, Brooklyn. N. Y.


TIFFT, H. N .:


President N. Y. Board of Education; born Geneva, N. Y., in 1854, and lived in this city ever since. In


1868 he


was graduated from school


No. 14,


in East Twenty-seventh Street. He entered the College of the City of New York in 1868, and was graduated in 1873, taking honors during his course and re- ceiving the degrees of B. S. and M. S. In 1876 he was graduated from the Law School of Columbia University, receiving the degree of LL. B. While attending the Law School Mr. Tifft held the position of third assistant principal in grammar school No. 26, in West Thirtieth Street, where he taught for four years. After being admitted to the Bar, in 1876, he entered the law offices of Elihu Root and Judge Bartlett. During 1883 and ex- tending to 1886 Mr. Tifft was Assistant U. S. District Attorney for this district. Former Mayor Strong appointed him as school inspector in the Twenty-first dis- trict in 1899, and he was reappointed by Mayor Van Wyck and Mayor Low. The latter named him as a member of the local School Board for the Fourteenth district, on which he served until May, 1303, when he was appointed by Mayor Low as a member of the Board of Educa-


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tion. In politics Mr. Tifft has always been an independent Republican. Address, No. 309 West 76th St., N. Y. City.


TIFFT, William Carleton:


Educator; was graduated from Univer- sity of Rochester (A. B.), 1886; A. M., 1894; headmaster Hillside Seminary, Nor- walk, Conn., 1886-87; principal High School, Poultney, Vt., 1887-91; High School, Sandy Creek, N. Y., 1891-93; student of pedagogy, Colgate University, 1893-94; principal Marion Collegiate In- stitute, Marion, N. Y., 1894 to 1901; prin- cipal Egberts High School, Cohoes, N. Y., since 1901. Member American Institute of Civics. Residence, Marion, N. Y. ; office, Park Ave. and 59th St., N. Y. City.


TILFORD, Frank:


Banker and business man; son of John M. Tilford; born N. Y. City, July 22, 1852; educated in private schools and Mount Washington Collegiate In- stitute, and at an early age entered business with his father's firm of Park & Tilford. By successive steps and in course of time, he became a partner, and later, upon the death of his father in 1890, succeeded him as vice-president and director, which positions he still holds. In 1874, at the age of 22, he made his entrance into banking circles and was chosen a director of the 6th National Bank, at which time he was the youngest bank director in the city. In 1885 he was elected trustee of the North River Savings Bank. In 1889, with George G. Haven, he organized the Bank of New Amsterdam, now the New Amsterdam National Bank, and became its vice-president, and in 1896 he was elected president. In January, 1901, the deposits were over $7,000,000, and the value of the stock had risen to $725 per share. At this time Mr. Tilford sold his interest and severed his connection with the bank and shortly afterwards organized and established the Fifth Avenue Trust Company, of which insti- tution he was trustee for several years. He sold his interest in 1902, organizing the very successful Lincoln Trust Com- pany, which occupies a well appointed office building on Fifth avenue. Of this institution he is vice-president and also chairman of the executive commit- tee. In addition to the large trade and banking interests, Mr. Tilford is largely interested in lighting companies, being president of the Standard Gas Light Co., The New York and Queens Gaston Sq.,, N. Y. City.


Co., The New York and Queens Electric Light and Power Co., in all of which he takes a very active interest. He is also a trustee in the Consolidated Gas Com- pany, a director of the Williamsport Gas Co., The Quincy Gas and Electric Co., and the Gas Industries Co. Mr. Tilford's versatality and attainments are well evidenced by the multiplicity of his interests, he being also identified with and a director in many other en- terprises. He was one of the presi- dential electors in 1900, was instrumen- tal in the success of the Grant monu- ment, also being a member of the exe- cutive committee. His sincere patriot- ism was recently particularly man- ifested by a generous gift of a colossal bust of Washington to each of the pub- lic schools of the Borough of Manhat- tan. The presentations with appropriate ceremonies, in January, 1902, com- manded wide attention and flattering comment. Mr. Tilford's philanthropic interests are as large and varied as his business affairs, being a director and active in the management of the Man- hattan Eye and Ear Hospital, in which he recently established an ear clinic, the People's Institute, The N. Y. School of Applied Design for Women, The Fair- haven Sanitorium, The Metropolitan Parks Association, and other associa- tions. He is also a director in the N. Y. Symphony Orchestra, The National Art Theatre Society, The Municipal Art So- ciety, and is a member of the Sons of the Revolution ; N. Y. Historical Society ; Chamber of Commerce, N. Y. Board of Trade and Transportation. He is an ardent yachtsman and owner of the mag- nificent steam yacht Norman. He was commodore of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club for many years and holds member- ships in many clubs, among which are the Union League, Lotos, Colonial, Riding, Automobile Club of America, Republi- can, Indian Harbor, Larchmont, Sea- wanahaka-Corinthian, Manhassett Bay and New York Yacht Clubs. Address. 208 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.


TILLINGHAST, Mary Elizabeth:


Artist in stained glass since 1882; born N. Y. City; educated by private tutors; studied art in Paris with Carolus Duran and Henner; in N. Y. with John LaFarge; unmarried. Received gold medal, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; gold medal, Cotton States, Exposition, 1895; bronze medal same. Address, 3. North. Washing-


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TILLSON, George William:


Civil engineer; born Thomaston, Me., Dec. 18, 1852; was graduated from Bow- doin College in 1877, and afterwards re- ceived the degree of Civil Engineer from that institution. Was assistant engineer in charge of sewer construction in Mem- phis, Tenn., under Colonel George E. Waring, Jr., in 1880; in 1880 and 1881 planned and supervised the construction of a sewer system for Kalamazoo, Mich .; in Oct., 1881, went to Omaha, Neb., where he had charge of sewer and pavement construction until 1887, when he was ap- pointed city engineer, holding this posi- tion till 1892; from 1892 to 1895 was en- gaged in engineering and contract work in Nebraska, Wyoming, Texas, Colorado and other States. In 1895 he came to Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was appointed assistant engineer, Department of City Works, in charge of pavement construc- tion, holding this position until 1902, when he was appointed chief engineer of the Bureau of Highways, Borough of Brooklyn, a position which he now holds. Member American Society of Civil Engin- eers, American Society of Municipal Im- provements (of which he is now secre- tary), Brooklyn Engineers Club, Munici- pal Engineers of the City of N. Y., Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association of the City of N. Y., Zeta Psi Fraternity, Mid- wood Club of Flatbush, Crescent Ath- letic Club and the Maine Club. Author: Street Pavements and Paving Materials ; a book of about 500 octavo pages, pub- lished by John Wiley's Sons in 1900. Has been a frequent contributor to tech- nical magazines and periodicals on mat- ters pertaining to pavements; also to the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society for Municipal Im- provements. Residence, 831 Ocean Ave .; office, Room 12, Municipal Building, Brook- lyn, N. Y.


TILLSON, John C. F .:


Major U. S. Army; born Elmira, N. Y., May 26, 1856; was graduated from Elmira Free Academy, 1874; appointed to U. S. Military Academy, 1874; was graduated, 1878. Additional second lieutenant, Fifth Infantry, June 14, 1878; second lieuten- ant, Fifth Infantry, June 21, 1878; first lieutenant, Fifth Infantry, March 24, 1883; captain, Fourteenth Infantry, March 18, 1897; major, Fourth Infantry, March 12, 1902. Served with the Fifth Infantry at Fort Keogh, Mont., 1878 to 1888 ; in Texas, 1888 to 1891; in Florida, Louisiana and Georgia, 1891 to 1897. Professor of mili-


tary science, North Georgia Agricultural College, 1897 to 1898; recruiting officer, Cleveland, O., 1898 to 1899; with the Fourteenth Infantry in the Phillippines and the China Relief Expedition, 1900; provost marshal, American district, Pe- kin, 1900 to 1901. Received the thanks of Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang for humane administration in American dis- trict of Pekin. On duty at Fort Porter, N. Y., 1901 to 1902; in command of Fort McIntosh, Tex., 1902 to 1903. Professor of Military Science at North Georgia Agricultural College since 1903. Address, North Georgia Agricultural College, Dahlonega, Ga.


TILTON, Benjamin Trowbridge:


Physician; born Newport, R. I., July 17, 1868; was graduated from Harvard, 1890; Freiburg, Germany, M. D., 1893 ; lecturer, surgery, Cornell Medical College; visit- ing surgeon Bellevue and Lincoln Hos- pitals. Translator of Tillmann's Surgery (three vols.), 1898. Address, 23 W. 37th St., N. Y. City.


TIMPSON, James :


Assistant treasurer, Mutual Life In- surance Co., of New York; vice-president and director, U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co .; director, Commercial Trust Co. of New Jersey, Windsor Trust Co, New York Dock Co., Securities Co. U. S. Safe Deposit Co., Orange National Bank, Brooklyn City R. R. Co., Gill Engraving Co. Member Metropolitan, Rockaway Hunt, Hamilton of Brooklyn, and Down- town Clubs. Residence, 36 West 53d St .; office 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.


TIMPSON, Lawrence:


Lawyer; born January 30, 1865 ; son of Theodore Timpson of Maizeland, Barry- town-on-Hudson; married, 1900, Katha- rine Livingston, daughter of John Henry Livingston of Clermont. Educated at Co- lumbia University. Captain First N. Y. Regiment. Represented U. S. A. at Brit- ish Army Maneuvers, 1903. Club, Union. Residence, Maizeland, Barrytown-on-Hud- son ; office, 45 Cedar St., N. Y. City.


TITCOMB, Virginia Chandler:


Artist; writer; born Otterville, Ill .; was educated at public and private schools. Married, Brooklyn, John Abbot Titcomb. Sculptor in bas relief (has exhibited at National Academy of Design); contribu- tor to


Harper's Bazar, Demorest's, Brooklyn Eagle and other magazines. Founder, 1884, and is president, Patriotic League of the Revolution. Member So- rosis, etc. Address, 101 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.


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TITHERINGTON, Richard Handfield:


Managing editor of Munsey's Magazine and secretary of the Frank A. Munsey Co .; born Chester, England, Oct. 2, 1861; son of the late William Titherington, of Dee Hills, Chester. Educated at Win- chester College, 1875-80; and Magdalen College, Oxford, 1880-84. Came to the U. S. in Aug., 1884, as tutor to the sons of the late Abram S. Hewitt; with pub- lishing house of Frank A. Munsey since 1886. Author: History of the Spanish- American War (Appleton, 1900); and many magazine and newspaper articles, etc. Member National Arts Club. Ad- dress, 111 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City. TITUS, Robert C .:


Lawyer; born Oct. 24, 1839, Eden, N. Y. Received a common school education and further education at Oberlin College. Ad- mitted to the N. Y. Bar in 1865; served in War of the Rebellion as captain; was district attorney of Erie Co. 1878-1880; State Senator, 1882, 1883, 1884 and 1885; Judge of the Superior Court from 1885 until the court was abolished; transferred to the Supreme Court in 1896; was a candidate in 1896 for Judge of the Court of Appeals ; was an unsuccessful candi- date before the Democratic State Con- vention in 1898 for Governor of the State of N. Y. Address, 306 Mooney-Brisbane Building, Buffalo, N. Y.


TOASPERN, Otto:


Artist; born Brooklyn, N. Y., March 26, 1863; was graduated from Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Bavaria; pupil of N. Gysis and Paul Nauen; formerly in- structor at National Academy of Design, N. Y. Illustrator on Life, Harper's, The Century, and various other periodicals in America and Europe. Address, 51 West 10th St., N. Y. City.


TODD, Adam H .:


Clergyman (retired); was graduated from the University of Rochester in 1866; from Rochester Theological Seminary in 1869. Private One Hundred and Eighth N. Y. Volunteers, 1864-65; pastor Baptist Church, Bennington, N. Y., 1869-70; East Cameron and Jasper, N. Y., 1870-75; Newark Valley, N. Y., 1875-79; Tioga Center, N. Y., 1879-81; Greene, N. Y., 1881-84; Marathon, N. Y., 1884-90; re- tired, 1890. Address, 26 Ayers St., Bing- hamton, N. Y.


TODD, Charles Burr:


Author; born Redding, Conn., Jan. 9, 1849; he attended the public schools, completing his education under tutors at home. In 1895 he was appointed by May-


or Strong on a commission to print the early records of the City of N. Y., serv- ing as the secretary of this body. Mem- ber New York Historical Society and the Society of American Authors; connected with Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Author: History of the Burr Family (1879); Lance, Cross and Canoe Across the Valley of the Mississippi (in collaboration) (1898); A Brief History of New York (1899); The True Aaron Burr (1902); The Real Benedict Arnold (1903). Address, 32 Broadway, N. Y. City.


TOLFREE, James Edward:


Rear-admiral, U. S. Navy; born N. Y. City; appointed from N. Y. as acting as- sistant paymaster, Sept. 13 1862; ordered to U. S. S. Vanderbilt, special service, 1862-65. Appointed assistant paymaster, March 3, 1865; commissioned as paymas- ter, May 4, 1866; U. S. S. Richmond, European Squadron, 1869-71; receiving- ship at N. Y., 1872-76. Promoted ten numbers in grade for meritorious service at Fort Fisher in Feb., 1875; new com- mission, dated Jan. 22, 1866; purchasing pay office. Philadelphia, Pa., 1876-77, fleet paymaser, European Squadron, 1877- 78 ; charge Naval Depot, Villefranche-sur- Mer, 1878-79; pay office, Navy Yard, Washington, 1879 ; fleet paymaster, South Atlantic Station, 1879-82; receiving-ship at N. Y., 1882-85; pay inspector, Aug. 10, 1886 ; fleet paymaster, Asiatic Squadron, 1886-89; general storekeeper, Navy Yard, N. Y., 1889-90; training-ship Minnesota, Dec., 1890, to Nov., 1893; Navy Yard, N. Y., Feb., 1894, to date; pay director, 1898. Placed on retired list of the Navy with rank of rear-admiral, Aug. 29, 1899. Ad- dress, 27 West 49th St., N. . Y. City.


TOMKINS, Calvin:


Manufacturer and merchant; born East Orange, N. J., Jan. 26, 1858. Descendant of Micha Tomkins, who settled at New Milford, Conn., 1639, and who subse- quently became one of the original set- tlers of Newark, N. J .; was educated at Prescott's School, Orange, N. J., and was graduated from Cornell University, class 1879. Married Kittie Neilley Tompkins, at Stony Point, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1889. Inde- pendent Democrat. Prominent in Free Trade and Sound Money movements, 1888, 1892, 1896; also in municipal improve- ments, subsequently. President Munici- pal Art Society, 1903-04. Author of sev- eral treatises on above subjects. Resi- dence, Tomkins Cove, N. Y .; office, 17 Battery Place, N. Y. City.


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TOMPKINS, Leslie Jay:


Lawyer and professor of law, N. ' Y. University,; born Olmstead Co., Minn., May 2, 1867; was educated at N. Y. Uni- versity. Member of Assembly, N. Y. State, 1905. Author: Summary of Law of Corporations (Baker Voorhis & Co., 1904) ; Law of Promissory Notes, Bills and Checks (Business Publishing Co., 1901); Registrar and assistant treasurer N. Y. University, and a professor in its Law School since 1892. Democrat. Residence, 64 Washington Place; offices, 41 Wall St., and 32 Waverly Place, N. Y. City.


TORREY, Morris W .:


Actuary of the Manhattan Life Insur- ance Co. of N. Y .; born in that city Nov. 20, 1870, of Revolutionary stock on both sides of his family. In 1887 he entered the office of D. P. Fackler, the actuary, and in 1891 became his managing clerk. He resigned in 1893 to enter the actuarial department of the Union Central Fire In- surance Co., of Ohio, of which he became assistant actuary in 1895; three years later he received his present appoint- ment. Address, 66 Broadway, N. Y. City. TOWNE, Charles Arnette:


Lawyer, politician, financier; born Oak- land Co., Mich., Nov. 28, 1858; son of Charles J. and Laura A. F. Towne. He received his preparatory education in the public schools of his locality, and then entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of Ph. D., in 1881. In the same year became chief clerk of the Department of Public In- struction, at Lansing, Mich., and subse- quently held a like position in the Treas- ury Department of the State. He studied law, and was admitted to the Bar before the Supreme Court of Michigan in 1885, beginning his practice at Marquette. In 1889 he changed his location to Chicago, and a year later to Duluth, Minn .; in 1894 was elected to Congress on the Re- publican ticket, and at once assumed an ardent advocacy of bimetalism. At the National Republican Convention in St. Louis in 1896, he left the party and in the same year was defeated for Congress as the independent candidate of the Dem- ocrats and Populists. In 1897 he became chairman of the Silver Republican Na .- tional Committee; in 1900 was nominated for the office of Vice-President by the People's Party, and endorsed by the Sil- ver Republicans; the latter he declined, as not being in accord with his Denio- cratic sympathies. In Dec., 1900, he was


chosen by the governor of Minnesota to fill a vacant seat in the U. S. Senate, where his most notable action was his determined opposition to the administra- tion's Philippine policy. In 1901 his im- portant business connections necessitated his removal to N. Y .; was elected member of Congress in 1904. He


is presi- dent of the Central Asphalt & Refining Co .; president of the Export Oil & Pipe Line Co. of Texas; president of the Charles A. Towne & Co., incorporated, and member of the board of directors of the California King Gold Mines Co., and of the Rio Del Monte Gold Mining Co. Mr. Towne married in 1887 Miss Maude Irene Wildey. Address, 63 Wall St., N. Y. City.


TOWNE, Robert S .:


President and director Alvarez Land & Timber Co., Potosi & Rio Verde Ry. Co., Tresville Mining Co., Mexican Lead Co .; president, treasurer, director, Com- pania Metalurgica Mexicana; vice-presi- dent, treasurer and director Tezintlan Copper Co .; president, general manager and director Montezuma Lead Co .; di - rector Mexican Mineral Ry. Co. Address, 82 Beaver St., N. Y. City.


TOWNSEND, Charles C .:


Clergyman; was graduated from the University of Rochester in 1877; professor in State Normal School, Pottsdam, N. Y., 1877-82; pastor of the Methodist Episco- pal Church at Buck's Bridge, N. Y., 1883- 84; Watertown, N. Y., 1885-87; Lowville, N. 1., 1888-92; Malone, N. Y., 1893 $7; Fulton, N. Y., 1898-1902; Camden, N. Y., 1:03 to date. Address, Camden, N. Y.


TOWNSEND, Charles John:


Stock broker; was graduated from Uni- versity of Rochester in 1879 (A. M., 1888) ; member N. Y. Stock Exchange, and head of the firm of Townsend & Shera, N. Y. City ; endowed the Townsend scholarship in political and constitutional law, Univer- sity of Rochester, 1899. Address, 33 W. 84th St. ; office, 6 Wall St., N. Y. City. TOWNSEND, Curtis, McD .:


Major U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from N. Y .; cadet at the U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1875 ; and was graduated June 13, 1879. Additional sec- ond lieutenant of Engineers June 13, 1879 ; second lieutenant June 30, 1879; first lieutenant, June 15, 1882. Served in the Spanish-American War; Captain, Oct. 5, 1898 ; Major, Jan. 29, 1900. Address, Ma- nila, P. I.


TOWNSEND, Edward Waterman:


ยท Author, playwright; born Cleveland,


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Feb. 10, 1855; was educated in the public TOWNSEND, Henry Clark:


schools, went to N. Y. and worked five years on the Sun. Author : Chimmie Fad- den and Major Max, (1895) ; Chimmie Fadden Explains, Major Max Expounds, (1895) ; A Daughter of the Tenements, (1896) ; Near a Whole Cityful, (1897) ; Chimmie Fadden and Mr. Pard (1902) ; A Summer in N. Y. (1903). Address, 70 W. 36th St., N. Y. City.


TOWNSEND, Edwin F .:


Brigadier General, U. S. Army; born New York, July 14, 1833 ; appointed from Wisconsin ; cadet at U. S. Military Acad- emy, Sept. 1, 1850; was graduated, July 1, 1854 ; brevet second lieutenant, Third Ar- tillery, July 1, 1854; second lieutenant, Jan. 31, 1855; resigned, March 11, 1856; appointed first lieutenant, Fourteenth In- fantry, May 14, 1861; accepted, July 1, 1861; captain, Sixteenth Infantry, May 14, 1861; transferred to Twenty-fifth Infan- try, Sept. 21, 1866; major Twenty-seventh Infantry, June 22, 1868; transferred to Ninth Infantry, March 15, 1869; lieuten- ant-colonel, Eleventh Infantry, March 20, 1879; colonel Twelvth Infantry, Oct. 13, 1886 ; brevet rank, brevet major, April 7, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Shiloh, Tenn .; brevet lieu- tenant-colonel, Mar. 13, 1865, for continued and faithful services in the ordnance de- partment; retired, Oct. 1, 1895. Address, 2021 Kalorama Ave., N. W. Washington, D. C.


TOWNSEND, (Mrs.) Geo. W .:


President of Women's Educational and Industrial Union, of Buffalo, N. Y. The Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Buffalo is an entirely non-sec- tarian organization; Protestant, Catholic and Hebrew women are serving on its board of directors. Its object is to pro- mote mutual co-operation and fellowship among women. By its protective com- mittee it extends sympathy and counsel to women, who often lose, through ignorance and weakness, the rights conceded them by law. Its educational department pro- vides equal opportunities for intellectual improvement to all classes; the employ- ment bureau assists women to find occupa- tions best suited to develop individual tal- ent, and seeks in every way to help them become self-dependent; the classes in phy- sical culture and home nursing are an im- portant branch of the work; a committee on practical philanthropy ministers to the sick and the poor. In its new building, the union has established a school of do- mestic science. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.


Patent lawyer; is well known to the professional world and among electric- ians and scientists. Born Cambridge, 1850, he went to Washington in 1862, where his father had been ordered on public business. His classical education began at the Rittenhouse Academy and was completed at Harvard College, where he was graduated in 1871; in col- lege he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Honorary Society, and of other well known organizations. Was grad- uated from the Columbian. University Law School in Washington, D. C. Ad- mitted to Bar; was principal examiner in the U. S. Patent Office in the class of electricity, which position he held for four years; resigned to accept a lucrative practice in New York; while in control of the division of electricity of the great inventions which marked the beginning of the present era of industrial activity in matters electrical, passed his approval. Has business connections with numerous prominent electric light and electric man- ufacturing corporations. Address, 331 West 101st St., N. Y. City.


TOWNSEND, Horace:


Author, dramatist and writer on art; born Claughton, Cheshire, England, 1859. Married, 1883, Mary Ella, eldest daughter of George W. Worth of N. Y. City. Stud- ied architecture under the late Charles Bar- ry, P. R. I. B. A. Came to the United States in 1880, and in 1881 joined the staff of the N. Y. Tribune, for which he wrote until 1889 on dramatic subjects. For several years held the position of London corres- pondent of the N. Y. Herald. Acted, sub- sequently, in a similar capacity for the Philadelphia Ledger, the Philadelphia Record and the Chicago Record. Returned to New York in 1901 as editor and manager of a proposed American edition of the Con- noisseur. Later conceived the idea of the publication Noteworthy Pictures in Amer- ican Private Collections, and is engaged on its preparation. Wrote the comedy- drama, A Child of Naples, successfully played by the late Alexander Salvini, and in collaboration with George H. Jessop the Irish plays, Myles Aroon, and Mavourneen, long played by Scanlan and Chauncey Ol- cott. Author: Two Rogues (a novel of New York life), The Little Girl in Grey (a novel), and Ars Longa, and a Handful of Silver, volumes of short stories. Edited and wrote introduction to Some Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson. Contributor to The Fortnightly Review;


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Harper's Magazine; The Studio; The Mag-| Academy in class of 1881; was grad- azine of Art; The Connoisseur; The Art Journal, etc. Lecturer before the Society of Arts, the Royal Institute of British Architects, etc. Address, 413 West 145th St., N. Y. City, and Arts Club, London. TOWNSEND, Katharine Goodall:




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