“ Baglcv is an accomplished pianist and has an inherited gift for painting which she has found time to cultivate. She has a vigorous constitution and an unusually strong, clear contralto voice, with a distinct articulation, which makes it easy for her to be heard by the largest audiences. ”

“ Lila Frost Sprague, both of whom had been college friends. Her home is now in Haverhill, Mass., where her husband in 1890 was installed pastor of the First Parish Church. They have two children, and Mrs. Bagley is naturally much occupied, as she feels that home duties have the first claim upon her. but she finds time for some outside work, occasionally taking her husband’s pulpit and conducting the afternoon Service at a little church in the outskirts of the city. ”

“ Miss Pentecost received her early education partly in private schools in London, England, where her family then resided, and partly in a French college in Avenches, Canton Valid, Switzerland, from which she w as graduated. In 1882 die family came to this country and made their home in Chicago, where three of her brothers, architects, still BLANCHE PENTECOST BAGLEY. reside. ”