SALLIE WARD (Mrs. George F. Downs). From a miniature painted at the age of eighteen, owned by her husband, Mr. George F. Downs, of Louisville, Kentucky, by whose permission it is here reproduced for the first time 150 HARRIET LANE (Mrs. Henry Elliott Johnston). From photograph by Julius Ulke 164 ADÈLE CUTTS (Mrs. Robert Williams). From portrait by George Peter A. Healy, in possession of her husband, General Robert Williams, United States Army. Reproduced by permission of her daughter, Miss Adèle Cutts Williams, of Washington, D. C. 178 EMILIE SCHAUMBURG (Mrs. Hughes-Hallett). From portrait by Waugh, in possession of Mrs. Hughes-Hallett, of Dinar, France, by whose permission it is here reproduced for the first time 194 KATE CHASE (Mrs. William Sprague). From photograph by Julius Ulke 212 MATTIE OULD (Mrs. Oliver Schoolcraft). From photograph by George S. Cook. Reproduced by permission of her cousin, Mrs. Virginia Brownell, of Washington, D. C. 232 LIZZIE CABELL (Mrs. Albert Ritchie). From photograph. Reproduced by permission of her sister, Mrs. John D. Lottier 234 MARY TRIPLETT (Mrs. Philip Haxall). From photograph by Roseti. Reproduced by permission of her sister, Mrs. Meredith Montague 236 JENNIE JEROME (Lady Randolph Churchill). From photograph by Van der Weyde. Published by permission of Lady Churchill 244 NELLIE HAZELTINE (Mrs. Frederick W. Paramore). From photograph by J. C. Strauss; by permission of her brother, Mr. W. B. Hazeltine, Jr. 258 JENNIE CHAMBERLAIN (Lady Naylor-Leyland). From the painting by H. Schmiechen 266 MATTIE MITCHELL (Duchesse de Rochefoucauld). Daughter of ex-Senator Mitchell, of Oregon. From photograph by C. M. Bell 272 MARY VICTORIA LEITER (Baroness Curzon of Kedleston). From photograph by Miss Alice Hughes, of London. By permission of Lady Curzon 276 MISS MAY HANDY, of Richmond, Virginia. From photograph by James L. Breese 284 CATHERINE DUER (Mrs. Clarence Mackay), of New York. From portrait 288 MARCIA BURNS (MRS. JOHN PETER VAN NESS) Marcia Burns! What memories the quaint Scotch lassie's name calls up!