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ber of the English Society of Promotion of Hellenic Studies. He is a graduate of Harvard University and a member of many clubs. His home is in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

LORING, J. ALDEN

Mr. Loring is a naturalist who first came into public notice by accompanying that mighty hunter Theodore Roosevelt on his celebrated expedition to Africa for the Smithsonian Institute. While there he performed the remarkable feat of collecting and preserving almost a thousand skins of animals and birds inside of two months. It would almost be an honor to be skinned by so distinguished a naturalist as Mr. Loring, for in addition to his other work he is also an author.

Low, SETH

This prominent educator was president of Columbia University and has been equally influential in political spheres as mayor of Brooklyn and then of Greater New York. He has rendered valuable public service in connection with the Carnegie Foundation at Washington and the Peace Conference at The Hague.

MACKAYE, PERCY

Mr. Mackaye is a poet and a playwright whose work has commanded more attention than that of almost any other American dramatist. Since 1904, when he joined the colony at Cornish, New Hampshire, he has devoted himself entirely to dramatic work. He has produced historical and spectacular pageants and many plays in prose and verse, and has lectured on poetry and the drama at many universities.

MANN, LOUIS

Like many prominent actors, Mr. Mann began his stage life as a child. At eighteen he began to travel with small companies and spent more than one season "barnstorming" in classical drama. He has starred in many plays and was a leading member of Weber and Fields famous company. He is the author of several short stories and a comedy, "The Cheater" in which he played the leading rôle.

MANTELL, ROBERT B.

Mr. Mantell has probably the largest Shakespearean repertoire of any living actor. For many seasons he has toured the United States with his splendid productions. Without him, the plays of Shakespeare would have been forgotten in many communities in this age of the movies. In his work he is a direct inheritor of the traditions of Booth and Barrett. Macbeth and Lear are perhaps his greatest rôles.

MARSHALL, THOMAS RILEY

It is quite unnecessary to state that Mr. Marshall is Vice President of the United States. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1875 and became governor of the state in 1909. Before the end of his term he was elected to the Vice Presidency of the country.

MARTIN, ABE

Abe Martin is the pen name of Frank McKinney Hubbard, caricaturist and newspaper paragrapher. His humor has charmed the thousands who have read the various install

ments of "Abe Martin's Almanac" and "Back Country Folks."

MASON, WALT

Walt Mason is so familiar a name to almost everyone that it is almost a shock to discover that he is a real person. He is, in fact, a humorist and poet, and is associated with William Allen White on the Emporia Gazette. His prose poems are published daily in about two hundred papers in the United States and Canada, so that he is believed to have the largest daily audience of any author.

MATTHISON, EDITH WYNNE

Whether as the wife of Charles Rann Kennedy, or as the star in "Everyman," "The Servant in the House," and many other famous plays, Miss Matthison has a definite place in the stage world of both England and America. Admirable though her acting ability is, she is, perhaps, best known for her beautiful voice.

MCCARTHY, JUSTIN HUNTLEY

An English novelist, dramatist and historian. He has travelled extensively in Europe, Egypt and America. In this country, "If I Were King" is perhaps his most popular drama. His history of the French Revolution has become a classic. He has also written a history of Ireland and a history of the United States.

MCRAE, BRUCE

Mr. McRae is an actor, who was born in England. His support of Ethel Barrymore in "Lady Frederick," Blanche Bates in "Nobody's Widow," and of Jane Grey in that

howling success, "Nearly Married," has made Mr. McRae what he is to-day in the theatrical world.

MILES, GENERAL NELSON A.

In the long list of the military heroes who gained a reputation in the Civil War no man showed his genius for war more rapidly than did General Miles. He entered the war with a regiment of Massachusetts infantry, became a Lieut. Colonel in 1862 and Major General of Volunteers three years later. For his meritorious and gallant conduct Congress granted him a medal of honor. General Miles conducted many campaigns against the Indians. He retired from active service in 1903.

MILLS, BRIGADIER GENERAL ANSON

After a long service in the army of the United States, he attained his present rank of Brigadier General. During his long campaigns in the Civil War General Mills was never absent on leave or sickness. He has been engaged in the major Indian wars. He is the inventor of the woven wire cartridge belt used in the U. S. army and navy and in the British army.

MITCHELL, MAGGIE

Maggie Mitchell is an actress who was famous in our mothers' days. She began her career on the stage as a baby over eighty years ago and played her first child's part before she was five years old. She has played the title rôles in "Jane Eyre," "Fanchon," "Nan, the Good for Nothing" and other plays.

MOFFETT, CLEVELAND

Mr. Moffett is a newspaper man, an author and a playwright. His articles and fiction appear in many of the prominent magazines. Among his most popular books are "Careers of Danger and Daring" and "Through the Wall." His latest work, published serially as "The Conquest of America in 1921" and about to be issued in book form under the title of "Saving the Nation," is a remarkable example of imagination combined with realism.

MUMFORD, ETHEL WATTS

A novelist, playwright and woman of affairs. She has travelled extensively in Europe and the Orient and combines an incisive wit with an unusual knowledge of international politics.

NAZIMOVA, MME. ALA

Mme. Nazimova, the great Russian actress, conquered the audiences of this country in her first season on the American stage. Her interpretation of "The Doll's House" and "Hedda Gabler" showed her art at its highest point. In Robert Hichen's "Bella Donna" she played the sinister rôle of the heroine so brilliantly that she forced the American public to forego its traditional hostility toward unpleasant plays.

NEVIN, ARTHUR

Arthur Nevin is an American composer whose work has gained an immense popularity in this country. He studied in the New England Conservatory of Music and in Berlin. He has written many songs and compositions for the orchestra and piano. In 1910 a North American Indian

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