*“ELDERLY SPINSTER” (MARGARET WILSON).* Born in Iowa, Jan. 16, 1882. Graduated from University of Chicago, 1904. Lived in India for the most part, 1904 to 1916. Since then she has been resting, gardening, and farming. Chief interest, the Americanization of American children through the school in which she is teaching. First published story, “Taffeta Trousers,” Atlantic Monthly, December, 1917. God’s Little Joke. *ELLERBE, ALMA ESTABROOK,* and *ELLERBE, PAUL LEE.* Mrs. Ellerbe was born in Greenfield, Ind., and educated at Oxford College, Ohio. Chief interests, people, writing, and automobiling. First published magazine story, “The Requital,” Harper’s Magazine, September, 1903. Author of “The Rule of Three.” Mr. Ellerbe was born in Montgomery, Ala. Had one year in which he scrupulously refrained from study at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Now Assistant Chief, Americanization section, Council of National Defense. Chief interests: English poetry, music, writing, automobiling. First published story, “The Vacant Forty,” Lippincott’s Magazine, March, 1913. Has been chief naturalization examiner for the U. S. Department of Labor at Denver. Chautauqua lecturer. Mr. and Mrs. Ellerbe plan to do all their writing in collaboration, preferably in a cabin in the Colorado Rockies. Citizen Paper. *FISHER, DOROTHY CANFIELD.* _See_ *CANFIELD, DOROTHY.* *FREEDLEY, MARY MITCHELL.* Born in Philadelphia, Feb. 14, 1894. Granddaughter of S. Weir Mitchell. Previous to her marriage she was much interested in the betterment of economic conditions relating to woman’s labor, and at one time organized and managed The Philadelphia Trades School for Girls. She is the wife of an actor, Vinton Freedley, and her interests are mainly of the stage and things theatrical. She has never done any previous writing and is at present chiefly concerned with the business of “being a woman” and the wife of a soldier. *Blind Vision. (1234) *FREEMAN, MARY E. WILKINS.* (_for biography, see 1917_). Jade Bracelet (4) *GEER, CORNELIA THROOP.* Born in New York City, Feb. 15, 1894. Educated at Brearley School, New York. Graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University, 1917. Instructor in English, Bryn Mawr College, 1918. Interested in Woman’s Land Army of America, and worked as farm hand at its Bedford Unit in summers of 1917 and 1918. First published story, “Pearls Before Swine,” Atlantic Monthly, October, 1917. Lives in New York City. *Irish of It.