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DILLER—DIXON

Water Color Club, Woman's Art Club of N.Y., Plastic Club of Philadelphia. Gave early attention to etching and was one of a group of etchers that made Philadelphia known as a center of activity in that medium.

DILLER, Elizabeth Ann (Mrs. William Edward Diller), Grand Boulevard and Concourse and 162d St., N.Y. City.

Daughter Francis and Margaret (Coalter) Crawford; ed. private tutors; m. N.Y. City, Sept. 16, 1884, William Edward Diller; children: Mary Elizabeth, Virginia Crawford Diller, M.D. Mem. Board of Managers of the Methodist Episcopal Old People's Home, and mem. Board of Managers of the N.Y. Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Home; mem. Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies of M.E. Church. Silver Cross Day Nursery. Mem. Haarlem Philharmonic Soc, Tuesday Salon, Nat. Soc. of Patriotic Women of America. Recreations: Automobiling, traveling. Mem. Post Parliament Club, New York State Women, and other clubs.

DILLIN, Margaret Sidner, Radnor, Pa,

Teacher; ed. Radnor High School, Wynne, Pa.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '09, A.M. '10; graduate scholar in Latin, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1909-10. Teacher of English and French in Radnor High School since 1910.

DILLINGHAM, Frances Bent, 81 Woodland Road, Auburndale, Mass.

Writer; b. Chelsea, Mass.; dau. Issac S. and Frances (Bent) Dillingham; grad. Boston Univ., A.B. '91. Author: A Christmas Tree Scholar and Other Stories; Proud Little Baxter. Contributor to Youth's Companion and several of the leading monthly magazines of verse and short stories.

DILLINGHAM, Louise Olga Gaylord (Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham), Honolulu, H.I.

Born Chicago, Ill., 1884; dau. Henry George and Elizabeth M. (Mitchell) Gaylord; ed. Dobbs Ferry: grad. Miss Spence's School, N.Y. City, 1904; m. Florence, Italy, 1910, Walter F. Dillingham; one son: Lowell Smith, b. in Honolulu, 1911. Interested in Paloma Settlement, Honolulu; Allendale Farm. Mem. Scribbler Club, Chicago. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

DILLON, Mary, 5041 Waterman Av„ St. Louis, Mo.

Author; b. Carlisle, Pa.; dau. Rev. Dr. Herman Johnson (pres. Dickinson Coll.) and Elizabeth (Clark) Johnson. Author: The Rose of Old St. Louis; In Old Bellaire: The Leader; Miss Livingston's Companion; The Patience Of John Morland. Methodist.

DIMAN, Louise, 300 Angell St., Providence, R.I.

Born Providence, R.I., Dec. 23, 1869; dau. Rev. J. Lewis and Emily G. (Stimson) Diman; ed. in private schools; special course Harvard Annex (now Radcliffe Coll.). Taught for three years in Lincoln School, Providence. Author: Stories from Greek History; also short biographical articles in Outlook, Springfield Republican and Providence Journal. Episcopalian. Mem. Radcliffe Club. Favors woman suffrage.

DIMON, Abigail Camp, 367 Genesee St., Utica, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Utica, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1874; dau. George Dolbeare and Harriette Annie (Camp) Dimon; ed. Utica Acad., Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '96, A.M. '99; graduate student, Bryn Mawr, 1898-99 and 1901-04. Vice-principal of high school, Clinton, N.Y., 1896-97; assistant teacher of English in Utica Acad., 1897-98; warden of Radnor Hall, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1901-04; teacher in Balliol School, Utica, 1904-08; teacher in New School, Utica, 1908-10; demonstrator of zoology, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1911; lecturer, 1911-12, sec. since 1912.

DINGLEY, Anna Ladd, 291 Court St., Auburn, Me.

Newspaper editor; b. Auburn, Me., Mar. 20, 1868; dau. Frank L. and Lucinda (Greeley) Dingley; grad. Wellesley Coll., '89, followed by two years' study in Europe. Taught in public school one year in Lyons, N.Y.; one year in private school in Philadelphia; then joined staff of Lewiston (Me.) Journal, of which is now Maine news editor. Favors woman suffrage.

DINGWELL, Laura Hale Stickney (Mrs. James Dingwell), Leicester, Mass.

Born Marshall, Mich., Oct. 28, 1845; dau. John Newton and Mary Sophia (Hale) Stickney; ed. high school, Rockville, Conn.; Wheaton Female Sem. (now coll.), Norton, Mass.; m. (1st) Rockville, Conn., 1868, Rev. Henry L. Hall; m. (2d) Denver, Colo., Dec. 1896, Rev. James Dingwell; one daughter: Bessie Hale Hall. Mem. W.C.T.U . Church, Home and Foreign Missionary Socs., Woman's Relief Corps, D.A.R., Leicester Topic Club (federated), Worcester Wheaton Club. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

DINSMOOR, Alice, Westwood, N.J.

Writer; b. Lowell, Mass.; dau. James and A. Amanda (Carpenter) Dinsmoor; ed. in Lake Forest, Ill., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '72. Teacher of natural science and English in Miss Rounds' School for Girls in Brooklyn, N.Y., for more than 25 years. Since 1907 engaged in raising vegetables and fruit and keeping bees on a farm in N.J., selling products to private consumers. Mem. French Committee of Foreign Sunday-school Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Vassar Alumnae Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Has written for newspapers and magazines, including N.Y. Evening Post, Observer, Sunday-school Times, Scientific American, Craftsman, Country Gentleman. Congregationalist. Mem. Sunshine Soc.

DINWIDDLE, Emily Wayland, 413 W. 46th St. (business, 187 Fulton St.), N.Y. City.

Supervisor of dwelling houses of Trinity Church Corp'n; b. Greenwood, Va., Aug. 14, 1879; dau. William and Emily (Bledsoe) Dinwiddie; ed. B.A. Peace Inst, Raleigh, N.C.; grad. N.Y. School of Philanthropy, 1901; grad. work in economics and sociology, Univ. of Pa., 1903-04. Investigator, ass't district sec, acting district sec, and editor Charities Directory in N.Y. Charity Organization Soc; inspector and ass't in deputy comm'rs office N.Y. Tenement House Dep't; special investigator of housing conditions in Philadelphia for Octavia Hill Ass'n; sec. Tenement House Com., N.Y. Charity Organization Soc; also a volunteer worker Greenwich House and Hartley House Social Settlements. Author: Housing Conditions in Philadelphia, 1904; Trinity's Tenements, 1910; The Truth About Trinity's Tenements; The Tenants' Manual, 1903; Good Houses for a Million People, 1910; also numerous articles in various periodicals. Mem. Central Council N.Y. Charity Organization Soc; mem. and sec of Greenwich District Com. N.Y. Charity Organization Soc; chairman Tenement House Com. N.Y. Ass'n of Neighborhood Workers; Am. Home Economics Ass'n. Mem. Little Club, N.Y. City. Recreations: Traveling, tramping, mountain climbing, dancing, tennis, driving, horseback riding, botanical work, handicraft work. Presbyterian.

DISBROW, Marie Angelina Williams (Mrs. William J. Disbrow), 35 Cambridge PI., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Havana, Cuba; dau. Ramon O. (ex-consul general of the U.S. at Havana, Cuba) and Angela (Garcia) Williams; ed. Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn, N.Y.; m. William J. Disbrow (deceased). Interested in private work. Mem. N.Y. City Federation, Woman's Dem. Club, New Yorkers, Harmony Theatre, Playgoers of America, Rainy Day Club of America, International Pure Milk Ass'n, Helpless Crippled Children. Episcopalian.

DIX, Beulah Marie—see Flebbe, Beulah Marie Dix.

DIXON, Lilian, Taconic School, Lakeville, Conn.

Principal Taconic School; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. Franklin Morris and Elizabeth (Alter) Dixon; ed. Chegarey Inst., Philadelphia; Wellesley Preparatory School, Philadelphia, Wellesley Coll., 1886-88; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1888-89; Wellesley Coll., A.B. 1900. Junior principal Ashby Hall, Springfield, Mass., 1891-94; instructor Allegheny Coll. Prep. School, 1894-95; preceptress Drew