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Surgeon; born N. Y. City, Dec. 25, 1848; was graduated, 1871, from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College; founder of the Brooklyn Anatomical Society, of which he became president. Examiner in sur- gery, Medical Examining Board of the Regents of the University of the State of New York; surgeon to the Methodist Episcopal Hospital; surgeon-in-chief to the Brooklyn Hospital; senior surgeon to the German Hospital; consult- ing surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital, the Relief Hospital and the Norwegian Hos- pital; formed classes for instruction in first aid to the injured, and in 1885 these were established at the N. Y. State Camp at Peekskill; instruction was afterward given in the armories, and by military order imparted to all the National Guard organizations; in 1890 he organized the Red Cross Society of Brooklyn, and be- came its president; during the Cuban war he served as
surgeon to the Third Division of the Seventh Army Corps, with General Fitzhugh Lee, and later acted as consulting surgeon and chief operating staff of the Seventh Army Corps, accompanying General Lee to Havana. To Dr. Fowler is due the credit of organizing a perfect system of hospi- tals for the use of disabled soldiers, which patriotic service was highly com- mended; he is the author of many val-
jects, especially his work on Appendici- tis; he is a member of the leading scien- tific societies of N. Y. City and Brook- lyn; is a Fellow of the N. Y. Surgical Society; Fellow of the American Surgical Association, and its treasurer; Fellow of the N. Y. Academy of Medicine; was president of the Medical Society of the County of Kings; and president of the Brooklyn Surgical Society; member Nas- sau County and Montauk Clubs; married, 1873, Miss Louise R. Wells, of Norris- town, Pa. Residence, 302 Washington Ave .; office, 301 De Kalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FOWLER, Grace Alexander:
Born Atlanta, Ga .; graduate of Girls' High School, Atlanta; joined editorial staff Daily News, Atlanta, 1901; with Woman's Home Companion, 1903-04; con- tributor Harper's Bazaar, The Independ- ent, New York Evening Post, New York World and other journals; member At- lanta Club (New York). Address, Hotel Martha Washington, 29 East 29th St., N. Y. City.
FOWLER, Thomas P .:
Lawyer; president N. Y., Ontario & Western Ry .; born Oct. 26, 1851, New- burgh, N. Y .; was graduated from Col- umbia Law School in 1874; entered rail- way service, 1879, as director of Che- nango & Allegheny R. R .: 1884, elected director of N. Y., Ontario & Western R. R., and president in 1888; president Scranton Coal Co. and Ontario, Carbon- dale & Scranton Ry. Co .; director of At- chison, Topeka & Santa Fè Ry, Co. and Temple Iron Co., Metropolian Street Ry. Co., Fidelity Bank, Lehigh & Hudson River R. R. Co., Mechanics Bank, English Association of American Bond and Share Holders (London) ; trustee of N. Y. Life Insurance Co .; member Metropolitan, Sons of Revolution, Tuxedo and Grolier Clubs. Address, 39 East 68th St., N. Y. City.
FOX, Austen G .:
Lawyer; born Sept. 7, 1839; educated Choule's School, Newport, R. I., and Churchill's Military School, Sing Sing, N. Y .; graduate of Harvard, 1869; mar- ried Miss Alice Hoppin in 1877; admitted to Bar, 1872; special assistant district attorney in prosecution police officials after Lexow Committee investigation, 1894-96; In 1905 chairman Citizens' Committee of Nine on the reorganization of the New York police force. Member Bar As-
sociation, New York Historical So-
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ciety, St. Nicholas Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Geographical Society ; member of Harvard, University, Century, Players, City, Yale, and 19th Century Clubs. Residence, 45 West 23d St. ; office, 45 Wall St., N. Y. City. FOX, George Henry :
Physician; born Ballston Spa, N. Y., Oct. 8. 1846; prepared at Satterlee Col- legiate Institute, entering University of Rochester, 1863; was graduated, 1867; ob- tained M. D., 1869, from University of Pennsylvania; interne to Philadelphia Hospital; 1870-72, studied medicine in Vi- enna, Berlin, Paris and London; 1872, be- gan practice in New York; 1873, surgeon in New York Dispensary; 1877, clinical professor of diseases of skin in Woman's Medical College, N. Y. Infirmary; 1879, of dermatology at Sterling Medical College, Columbus, O .; 1880, skin diseases in N. Y. College of Physicians and Surgeons; 1880, professor of Post-Graduate Medical School; author: Photographic Illustra- tions of Skin Diseases; Photographic Il- lustrations of Cutaneous Syphilis; Illus- trated Medicine and Surgery; Electroly- sis in the Removal of Superfluous Hair; Skin Diseases of Children; Photographic Atlas of Skin Diseases; has been presi- dent of Medical Society of County of N. Y .; of State Medical Society; vice-pres- ident of Post-Graduate School and Hos- pital; president of Psi Upsilon Club; member of N. Y. Academy of Medicine and of University, Camera and Nassau County Clubs; married, Aug. 29, 1872, Harriet Gibbs, of Nunda, N. Y. Address, 18 East 31st St., N. Y. City.
FOX, Herbert Henry Heywood:
Protestant Episcopal clergyman; born Montclair, N. J., March 11, 1871; learned the patternmaker's trade, which he left to enter St. Andrew's Divinity School, Syracuse, N. Y., under Bishop F. D. Huntington, in 1892; in 1893, entered Ho- bart College and was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1897; from there he went to the General Theological Semi- nary, from which he was graduated in 1900; he was made deacon by Bishop T. A. Starkey, of Newark, and priest by Bishop F. D. Huntington, of Central N. Y .; was sent as missionary to Slaterville Springs and Speedsville. N. Y .; in 1901 he accepted a call to become vicar of All Saints' Chapel, Lockport, N. Y .; Sept., 1902, married Alma Louise Walther. Ad- dress, Lockport, N. Y. FOX, John:
Presbyterian clergyman; born Doyles-
town, Pa., Feb. 13, 1853; graduate of Lafayette College, 1872; A. M., D. D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1876; married, Lexington, Ky., 1886, Margaret B. Kinkead; held pastorate in Baltimore, Md., 1877-82, and Allegheny, Pa., 1882-93; then called to Second Presbyterian
church, Brooklyn, which he resigned in 1898 to become corresponding secretary American Bible Society ; a director and trustee of Princeton Theological Semin- ary and member of Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian church. Residence. 56 Halsted St., E. Orange, N. J .; office, Bible House, N. Y. City.
FOX, William Freeman:
Superintendent of State Forests, N. Y .; born Ballston Spa, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1840; son of Rev. Norman and Jane Freeman Fox; educated at Union Classical School, Schenectady, and Union College, class of 1860; served in Civil War as captain, ma- jor and lieutenant-colonel, One Hundred and Seventh N. Y. Volunteers; wounded at Antietam, Chancellorsville and Resaca; married Mary A. Shattuck, Corning, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1865; for past twenty years with State Forestry Department, most of the time as superintendent of State For- ests; member of Society of American Foresters, companion Military Order of the Loyal Legion; corresponding secre- tary Society Army of Potomac; president Society Twelfth Army Corps; president Chi Psi Alumni Association, N. Y .; mem- ber N. Y. Historical Society; author: Reg- imental Losses in the Civil War (quarto, 1889); New York at Gettysburg (quarto ill., 3 vols., 1900) ; History of Twelfth and Twentieth Army Corps (1903); The Adi- rondack Spruce (1894); History of the Lumber Industry in New York (1901); Tree Planting on Streets and Highways (quarto ill., 1903); State Forestry Re- ports (18SS-1903); wrote The Chances of Being Hit in Battle; Century Magazine, May, 18SS. Address, 342 Hudson Ave, Al- bany, N. Y.
FOYE, Andrew Ernest:
Civil engineer and contractor; son of Andrew J. C. and Katherine Sophia Foyé ; born May 13, 1870; was educated at pri- vate schools until the age of sixteen, then entered Columbia University; was gradu- ated from there in 1890, receiving the de- gree of Civil Engineer. Entered the ser- vice of the Engineer Corps of Pennsyl- vania Railroad in 1890. In 1892 returned to Columbia University as Instructor in Civil Engineering. Resigned in 1897 and
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entered service of the City of N. Y., and [ its first vice-president; member of var- was subsequently appointed Chief Engineer ious other societies and clubs; in 1862, at Mt. Gilead, O., married Miss Katherine Sophia House. Address, 163 West 79th St., N. Y. City. of the Department of Highways and Via- ducts of Greater N. Y., which position he held until 1903, when he resigned and be- came connected as treasurer and secretary FRADENBURGH, Adelbert G .: of the Ryan-Parker Construction Co. He is also vice-president and treasurer of the Standard Graphite Co. and connected with other enterprises.
Member Engineers, Democratic, N. Y. Riding, and Graduates Club ; a member of the Ohio Society, Soci- ety of Civil Engineers, New England Water Works Association, Society Promo- tion of Engineering Education, and Sons of American Revolution. Residence, 163 W. 79th St .; office, 21 Park Row, N. Y. City.
FOYE, Andrew Jay Coleman:
Merchant; of French Huguenot de- scent ; great-grandson of Guillaume Foyé (Foyer), of Havre de Grace, Md., where his father and grandfather were born; born in Northumberland Co., Pa., Dec. 23, 1833; at an early age removed with his parents to the then Far West, now known as Morrow County, O .; their first home was a double log cabin, in "the clearing" in the Beechwoods; early edu- cation acquired in a log school house; at twelve became a clerk in a country store in his native village, Mt. Gilead; at the age of eighteen came to New York as a salesman in the wholesale dry goods house of R. & N. Dart, 123 Maiden Lane, and in their interest traveled over the Western States; later, joined the well known house of S. B. Chittenden & Co .; at the close of the Civil War he en- gaged in the cotton trade as Beebe & Foyé; later as Andrew J. C. Foyé & Co .; dry goods commission merchants, be- came the selling agents for several large cotton and woolen manufacturers; was successful, but the strain of incessant work forced him to retire; disposing of his business, a period of five years was spent in travel, in Europe, the Indies, Mexico, California and the territories; having regained his health, he again en- tered into business, this time as stock- holder, director and N. Y. manager of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Co .; later organ- ized the Standard Graphite Co. and be- came its president; is a director in the Ryan-Parker Construction Co., Consoli- dated National Bank, N. Y .; member of the New York Chamber of Commerce, the Sons of the American Revolution; was one of the founders of the Ohio Society of N. Y., and has been for many years
Professor of History and Politics in Adelphi College since 1896; born Point Peninsula, N. Y .; was graduated from Allegheny College, A. B., 1890 and from the University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., 1894; taught in Dickinson Seminary and Lake Forest University ; member of the Am- erican Historical Association and the American Economic Association; author of numerous articles on economic and historical subjects ; has been teacher and lecturer at a number of sum- mer schools and chautauquas. Address, 220 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FRANCHOT, Nicholas Van Vranken:
Oil producer; born Aug. 21, 1855, Mor- ris, Otsego Co., N. Y. ; was graduated from Union College, 1875; married, Nov. 5, 1879, Annie Coyne Wood, of Warren, Pa .; mayor of Olean, 1894-98; delegate to na- tional Republican Convention, 1892 ; 1896- 1904, vice-president and director, Ex- change National Bank, Olean; director Electric Light and Power Co. and Olean Improvement Co .; president and trustee of City Club; member of Genesee Valley Club of Rochester and Sigma Phi and University Clubs of N. Y. City; life trus- tee of Union College, and Chairman Fi- nance Committee; vestryman and treas- urer of St. Stephen's P. E. Church. Ad- dress, Olean, N. Y.
FRANCIS, Charles Spencer:
Editor; born Troy, N. Y., June 17, 1853; son of John Morgan Francis (founder Troy Times) and Harriet E. (Tusker) Francis; prepared at Troy Academy; was graduated from Cornell University, 1877; married, Ithaca, N. Y., May 23, 1878, Alice, daughter of the late Professor Evans, of Cornell University; repeatedly won single scull championship of uni- versity; won intercollegiate single scull championship, Saratoga Lake, 1876, mak- ing time which still stands as world's intercollegiate record-2 miles in 13 min- utes and 4234 seconds. Was secretary to his father during the latter's residence at Athens as U. S. minister to Greece, 1871- 73; officer on staffs of Governor A. B. Cornell, of N. Y., and Major General J. B. Carr, N. Y. National Guard; vice- president N. Y. Society for Preservation of Scenic and Historic Places and Ob- jects; Society Sons of Revolution; Socie-
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ty of the War of 1812; chairman executive committee National Republican Editorial Association; envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of U.S. to Greece, Roumania and Servia, 1900-02; elected 1903 Regent University State of N. Y., reelected 1904 by Legislature for 11 years ; twice elected alumni trustee of Cornell University ; director United States Na- tional Bank, Troy and Troy and Albany Trust Co.'s; Republican ; learned printer's trade at case in composing room of Troy Times; was successively reporter, city ed- itor and manager of same; acquired inter- est, 1881; equal partner with father in 1887; on father's death, 1897, succeeded to editorial direction and sole ownership of Troy Times. Address, Troy, N. Y. FRANCIS, Mary C .:
Author; born Harrison, O .; educated in public schools; has devoted most of her time to magazine work and stories, spec- ial articles, verses, etc., which appeared in Munsey's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, The Independent, and a number of other periodicals. Late in the Spanish-Ameri- can War she went to Cuba as special correspondent, and is the only American woman who visited the camp of Presi- dent Máso, the President of the Cuban Republic at that time, taking him the present of a flag sent by Senator Foraker. While in Havana she also edited the so- cial department of El Figaro, the leading illustrated journal, and made some con- tributions to other Havana papers. The first appearance of her work in book form was in two books of short stories published by Funk & Wagnalls: True Stories of Heroic Lives, and A Peculiar Coincidence and Other Stories. This was followed by Old Jed Prouty, in co-author- ship with the actor who owned the copy- right of the play of that name. Is also author of the historic novel, A Son of Destiny, the Story of Andrew Jackson. Address, The Federal Book Co., 52 Duane St., N. Y. City.
FRANKLAND, Frederick W., F. I. A .:
Writer, student of sociological condi- tions, former actuary of the N. Y. Life Insurance Co .; born April 18, 1854, Man- chester, Eng .; educated at University College, London, and was private assist- ant in his father's chemical laboratory in the science and art department at South Kensington; entered the New Zea- land civil service as a cadet in 1876; was actuary of the New Zealand Friendly So- ciety's registry office, 1878 to 1890; actu- ary of the New Zealand Government In-
surance Department, 1884; government actuary and statist, 1886; government in- surance commissioner of New Zealand, 1889; assistant actuary of the Atlas As- surance Company of London, 1890; New Zealand delegate to the International Congress of hygiene and demography at London, 1891; appointed associate actu- ary of the N. Y. Life in 1893. Is a pro- lific writer on metaphysical, sociological and communistic subjects, to which he has devoted a great deal of study; mem- ber of the Institute of Actuaries and the Actuarial Society of America; Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Royal Colonial Institute, of London. Present address, Okataina, Foxton, Mana- wata, New Zealand.
FRANZEN, August:
Artist; born Norrkoping, Sweden; por- trait painter; studied first in Sweden, afterwards with Dagnan Bouveret in Paris; studio in Carnegie Hall; among well known portraits are the ones of Senator William M. Evarts, Edmund C. Stedman, Joel B. Erhardt, John S. Water- bury, Hon. Addison Brown, Robert Down- ing, etc .; member of Society of American Artists. Address, Carnegie Hall, New York.
FRASER, Alexander Hugh Ross:
Librarian; graduate of Dalhousie Col- lege (Nova Scotia), LL.B. 1892; librarian Cornell University Law School. Address, 154 Cascadilla Place, Ithaca, N. Y.
FRASER, Horatio Nelson:
Manufacturing chemist; born Provi- dence, R. I., Nov. 30, 1851; educated at Davenport, Ia .; High School graduate; Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1872; married, 1876, Nellie Davis, Davenport, Ia .; president of The Fraser Tablet Co .; member New England Society, Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade; N. Y. Mi- croscopical Society; American Geopraph- ical Society; N. Y. Historical Society; Metropolitan Museum of Art. Clubs: Union League, Lotos, Aldine and Chemists (N. Y.) ; Montauk (Brooklyn). Residence, 33 8th Ave., Brooklyn; office, 563 5th Ave., N. Y. City.
FRASER, Malcolm:
Artist, illustrator; born Montreal, Can., April 19, 1868; educated in New York; studied art at Art Student's League under Wyatt Eaton; also under Carrol Beck- with, Gotham Art Students; Walter Shir- law, and at Ecole Julien, under Boulanger and Lefebvre, in Paris; married, 1897, Katherine Church, South Orange, N. J .; illustrator of Richard Carvel, Caleb West,
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Bret Harte stories, and for current peri- [ kranz, Manhattan, Riding Clubs. Resi- dence, 874 St. Nicholas Ave .; office, 26 County Court House, N. Y.
odicals; member Salmagundi Club. Ad- dress, 210 W. 4th St., N. Y. City. FRASER, William Lewis:
Artist, writer and lecturer on art; born London, Eng., Nov. 5, 1841. His parents came to the U. S. when he was but four- teen; married, 1867, Sarah Hannah Fraser of Montreal, Can .; for several years art manager for Century Magazine and Cen- tury Dictionary; member: Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Fine Arts So- ciety, Municipal Art Society, Dunlap So- ciety, Architectural League, Sculpture Society; Kit Kat, Salmagundi, Grolier, Players, Fencers, Black and White Clubs. Address, Players Club, N. Y. City. FRAWLEY, James J .:
Democratic State Senator; representing the Twentieth Senate District; born N. Y. City, Oct. 14, 1866; educated in the parochial and public schools; learned the plasterer's trade and acquired a knowl- edge of general conditions in the build- ing trade; became a builder and general contractor, and has erected some of the finest houses on the upper East Side; the firm of Frawley & Rooney, of which he was a member, constructed several of the large public works of N. Y. City; has always taken an active part in politics; elected State Senator in 1902, and re- elected in 1904; member of the Catholic Club, the Democratic Club, the Columbian Order, the Knights of Columbus, the Mia- mi Club, the Pastime Club, the Union Settlement Athletic Club, and of a num- ber of other clubs and fraternal societies. Address, 217 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FREEDMAN, Andrew:
Capitalist; was the former president of the N. Y. Baseball Club. He is the president of the Casualty Co. of America; a director in the Interborough Co., and the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Co. Vice-president of the Lawyers' Surety Co. of New York, the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co., and the O'Rourke Engineer- ing and Construction Co., and a director in the Windsor Trust Co. Address, Dem- ocratic Club, N. Y. City.
FREEMAN, John Joseph:
Jurist; born Nüremberg, Germany, Oct. 7, 1835; educated in Germany; came to U. S. at 16; in 1860 was admitted to Bar, Judge Superior Court, N. Y., 1869-96, when, on consolidation of the courts, he became Judge of the Supreme Court; term expires 1904; member American Geo- graphical Society, Association Bar. City of N. Y., N. Y. Historical Society, Lieder-
FRENCH, Daniel Chester:
Sculptor; born Exeter, N. H., April 20, 1850; began study of art in 1868, in Bos- ton; made a statue of The Minute Man, 1874, erected at Concord, Mass., in 1875; studied in Florence, Italy, returning, in 1876, opened a studio in Washington, D. C .; resided in Concord and Boston from 1878 to 1887; since that time in N. Y .; married, in Washington, 1888, Mary French. Best known works are: The Minute Man, Concord, Mass .; statue of General Cass, in the Capitol, Washington; Statue of Rufus Choate, Court House, Boston; statue of John Harvard, Cam- bridge, Mass .; the O'Reilly monument, Boston; Dr. Gallaudet and His First Deaf- Mute Pupil, Washington; The Milmore Memorial, Forest Hill Cemetery, Boston; this relief received a medal at the Paris Salon, of 1892; Dartmouth College gave him degree of A. M .; received the cross of the Legion of Honor, in 1900; was elected a member of the Accademia di San Luca, Rome, 1898; member of the National Sculpture Society, Society of American Artists, Architectural League, National Academy of Design; member of National Arts Club, Tavern Club, Boston, Century Club; received the medal of honor, Paris Exposition, 1900; trustee Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1903. Address, 125 West 11th St., N. Y. City.
FRENCH, Edwin Davis:
Artist and engraver; born North Attle- boro, Mass., Jan. 19, 1851; president of the Art Students League of New York, 1889-91; member of Grolier Club and Na- tional Arts Club, New York, and Club of Odd Volumes, Boston. Address, Saranac Lake, N. Y.
FREY, Adolf :
Composer; born Landau, Rheinpfalz, Germany; entered Stuttgart Conserva- tory, where he studied piano under Pro- fessors Lebert and Penckner, and compo- sition under Dr. Faisst; after four years at the conservatory he was called to the position of musical accompanist and teacher to the Landgrad of Hesse, in Frankfort-on-Main, where he remained until 1893, when he became professor of piano and history of music in Syracuse University; has spent much time in com- position, having printed thirty anthems and numerous songs and piano pieces. Address, 724 Ostrom Ave., Syracuse, N. Y.
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FRICKE, William A .:
Underwriter; born New York, May 15, 1857; studied law and medicine in Wiscon- sin; many years secretary of State Re- publican Committee; 1894-98, insurance commissioner of Wis .; 1898 to date, su- perintendent of Union Central Life In- surance Co. of Ohio, at New York; vice- president of National Association of In- surance Commissioners, 1897-98; honorary member since 1900; member of Under- writers, and Republican Clubs; president, Wisconsin Society of New York, 1902; has written several books on insurance and contributed much on the subject to insurance journals. Residence, 431 River- side Drive; office, 135 Broadway, N. Y. City.
FRIEDENBERG, Albert Marx:
Lawyer and author; born N Y. City, Jan. 9, 1881; son of Leopold Friedenberg, and Fannie (Stern) Friedenberg; educated in the Chapin School; New York, Gram- mar School 69; B. S., College of the City of N. Y., 1900; LL.B., Columbia Univer- sity, 1903; has been correspondent of Jew- ish Comment since 1902; practices law in N. Y. City; publications: Zionist Studies, (Bloch Publishing Co., N. Y., 1904) ; sev- eral monographs under the auspices of the American Jewish Historical Society; is a contributor to the Jewish Encyclo- pedia, and to a number of magazines, in- cluding the Jewish Quarterly Review. Address, 186 West 135th St., N. Y. City.
FRIEDMAN, Leonard:
Tobacco merchant; born Oct. 26, 1845, Birghundtstadt, Bavaria; came to Amer- ica young, and was educated in Cincin- natı, and entered the tobacco business; came to N. Y. as a clerk for Robt. S. Walter, being made partner in 1872; he makes a specialty of Sumatra tobacco; he is senior partner of the present firm, Leonard Friedman & Co .; is a director of the Columbian Bank. Address, 263 Pearl St., N. Y. City.
FRISBEE, Edward S .:
Examiner and inspector of academies and high school; born Meredith, N. Y., 1837; was graduated from Amherst Col- lege, 1860; A. M., 1866; D. D., 1878; he was classical teacher in Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., from 1860 to 1862; principal of high schools in Amherst, Mass., 1863-67; Northampton, Mass., 1867-72; Binghamton, N. Y., 1872-75; pres- ident of Wells College, Aurora, N. Y., 1875-94; examiner and inspector of acad- emies and high schools, under the Re- gents of the University of the State of
N. Y., since 1896. Address, 2 Sprague Place, Albany, N. Y.
FRISBEE, Mrs. Edward S .:
President of The Albany Mothers Club, which was organized in Feb., 1900; its object is to interest mothers in the earn- est study of child life, in the responsibili- ties and opportunities of the home, in- cluding all that tends to elevate the home and make the children noble and useful. Mrs. Frisbee is also president of Mt. Holyoke College Alumnæ Association for Eastern N. Y. Address, 2 Sprague Place, Albany, N. Y.
FROHMAN, Charles:
Theatrical manager and one of the leading spirits in the theatrical world; born Sandusky, O., June 17, 1860; came to New York early in life, and was em- ployed in a newspaper office, but soon went into the theatrical business; now manager of the New Empire, Garrick, Savoy, Herald Square, Criterion and Gar- den Theatres, N. Y. City, and several theatres in London. Address, Empire Theatre, N. Y. City.
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