PERSONALS.
Miss F. Tapping is engaged for another year as the soprano singer of the First M. E. Church in Troy, N. Y. She has successfully filled several concert engagements during the past season.
The Misses Hobbs are to have a summer music school in Benton Harbor this season, during which there is to be a series of entertainments. Miss Strong is invited to play at one of these, and Miss Maud Menifee is to be the reader.
Miss Fanny Barker has been reelected to the place she has held since her graduation from the Ann Arbor University, in the East Saginaw High School.
Miss Margaret Fisher has had a successful year in Merom, Ind., where she has been in charge of the Music Department. She has been re-elected for the coming year.
Miss Margaret Winters, of the class of '90, is engaged for another year in the DuQuoin High School. Miss Hattie Shirk, of the same class, has been teaching in Clinton, Wis.
Miss Julia Dwire went to Tennessee with her father, a few years ago, and soon after entered the Columbia Athenaeum, from which institution she has lately graduated.
Miss Alice Lichty has been teaching vocal music in Ashville, S. C. Miss Mary Lichty is connected with the Englewood Conservatory of Music as teacher of the Delsane system of physical culture.
Miss Carrie Howard Woodward is living in Two Harbors, Minn. Her mother is with her. Her cousin Grace, who was with her in school, is now Mrs. George Stevens, and resides in Kingston, Wis.
Mrs. S. C. Brownlee has bought an orange grove in DeLand, Fla , and will make that place her home in the future. Her daughter, Vilona, is visiting with relatives in Illinois, expecting to return to Mt. Carroll Seminary in the fall.
Miss Abbie L. Bosworth sends pleasant words for school friends from her home in Elgin. Miss Bosworth has spent some time in Europe during the past year.
Miss Bessie Howe remains at home with her mother in Waukon, Iowa, and uses her spare time in teaching a music class.
Miss Martha Powell has been in Raleigh, N. C., at the Shaw University. as formerly. Her health, though far from firm, is better than for the past few years.
Miss Virginia Dox was called last winter to the Mexican Department of the Academy at Albuquerque, N. M., under the auspices of the N. W. E. C. She remains in charge of the Mexican Department and continues to use her pen in behalf of the poor people in whom she is interested.
Miss Laura Preston has been teaching music in Tuscaloosa College, Tuscaloosa, Ala., during the past season. She is to visit relatives in Kansas City when en route to Mt. Carroll.
Mrs Hattie Hobart Carpenter still resides in Downer's Grove, Ill. She has a little girl eight years of age. She still adds to her home cares a class in music, and enjoys her busy life, as in the past.
Mrs. Edith Kenny Buell, with her husband and little ones, is living in Long Pine, Neb. She and family, are soon to go to California for a time. Letters addressed to her at Sibley, Iowa—her mother's home—will always reach her. Mrs. Buell hopes to be among those who return to Reunion not many years hence.
Miss Hattie Shirk has been a teacher in the public school of Clinton, Wis., and is now spending her vacation in Mt. Carroll with her sister, Mrs. J. M. Rinewalt.
One of the former students sends a few words in regard to her school acquaintances which we quote: "Mrs. Maud George Harvey writes very happily of herself and family of two children. She still resides in the country, and is now living on a farm given her by her father. Mrs. Minnie Ballard Hockenberry lives in Rochelle, and enjoys somewhat better health than formerly. Miss Minnie Gale seems to enjoy some of the many advantages of living in the city. Aside front her busy life, she does much reading front the Public Library. She has induced her mother to move to Chicago, where they at present reside."
There was a quiet wedding in the M. E. Church last fall, and Miss Emma DeVoe, who came from New York some years ago to be educated in Mt. Carroll Seminary, became Mrs. Bigger. The good wishes of her teachers and schoolmates followed her as she went to her new home in Rochelle.
Mrs. Mary E. Webb Lichty sends to Reunion friends a pleasant description of a late trip to Washington with her husband, who was in attendance upon the American Medical Society, convened in that city. Mrs. Lichty's hospitable home is at 115 South Third Street, Rockford, Ill.
Miss Mary Calkins disappointed her many friends in Mt. Carroll by not being present and singing at Reunion as expected. They hope to be able to welcome her when another June brings the children home again. Miss Calkins has been visiting her sister at Aberdeen, Dak., during the past season.
Miss L. Graper has not been as strong and well as her friends wish that she might be, but she has continued her music practice when health would permit. Her home is now No. 19 N. Cal. Avenue, Chicago.
Elder Powell and his estimable wife were known to many of the Seminary friends in the years that are gone. As is remembered, the former passed away some time ago; the latter has been an invalid for months, confined to her home in Balston Spa, N. Y., where she is tenderly cared for by her sister and nieces.
Four of the Seminary girls of other days, without previous plan, met at the Seminary early in July—Miss Eastman, home in Quebec; Misses Claywell and Fisher, of Mt. Carroll, and Miss Elder, of Iowa. Misses Eastman and Fisher are teachers, the former in a public school and the latter in a private college. Misses Claywell and Elder represent business interests, the former being one of the very few insurance agents among women, and the latter holding a place not common among women in an Iowa bank.
Mrs. Marie Plattenhurgh Leighton responds to the request, "Write of yourself," by saying: I think I just follow the climates of desire and write as I meant to for months, not hoping you can find anything in my letter but for old ties' sake. Of course you have heard of our joy, our little California blossom, such a bonny pink and healthy lass that we feel our cup runneth over, and all day long is filled with gladness. Miss Cooley and Miss Merrett have brought a great deal of pleasure into our home by their bright presence and friendship. I regret exceedingly the farewell in June to be given Miss Cooley, who does not expect to return. Minnie Leighton Varney has two lovely boys, and when the Seminary admits boys there will be none there handsomer than her black-eyed laddies." The address of Mrs. Leighton is 1523 Temple street, Los Angeles, Cal.
Rev. J. Phillips and family spent some days at the Seminary early in July. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Phillips most cordially gave them greeting, and included in their welcome the three bright children who complete the family. Mr. Phillips is much improved in health, and is about to decide from among the openings as to a future field of labor.
