PAYNE, EDWARD B., b. Vermont. Ed. Iowa College and Oberlin. Grad. in 1874.  Congr. preacher, Berkeley, Calif.  Became Unitarian.  Preached Springfield, Mass., 4 years; Manchester, N.H., 2-1/2 years; Leominster, 5 years; Berkeley, Calif., 5 years.  Founded Altruria, near Santa Rosa, a co-operative settlement of 60 members and pub. a magazine, “Altruria.” Address: Glen Ellen, Calif.

PERCIVAL, OLIVE, b. July 1, 1868, Sheffield, Ill. Ed. public schools Sheffield, Ill., and Cleveland, Ohio. Author: Mexico City:  An Idler’s Note Book. Address: 906 Union Trust Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.

RADER, WILLIAM, b. Cedarville, Chester Co., Pa., Dec. 17, 1862.  Pastor 2nd Cong.  Church, San Francisco, ten years.  Now pastor Calvary Pres.  Church.  Editorial writer San Francisco Bulletin. Author: The Elegy of Faith, 1902.  Truths for Today, 1902.  Uncle Sam, or the Reign of the Common People, (in Notable Speeches of Greater West.) Liberty and Labor. Address: 2702 Laguna St., San Francisco, Calif.

RICHARDSON, DANIEL S., b. Mar. 19, 1851, West Acton, Mass.  Came to Calif. in 1855. Ed. public schools of S.F. and Univ. of Calif.  Twice decorated by Emperor of Japan.  Writer of short stories and poems for magazines. Author: Trail Dust (poems) 1909. Address: 221 Sansome St., San Francisco, Calif.

REED, ANNA MORRISON, MRS., b. Dubuque, Ia.  Came to Calif. when an infant. Ed. Mrs. Perry’s Seminary, Sacramento.  Writer and lecturer.  Editor and founder Northern Crown Magazine; Petaluma, Sonoma Co., Independent. Author: Poems, 1880.  Later Poems. Address: Petaluma, Calif.

SAIN, CHARLES McKNIGHT, b. Mt.  Pleasant, O., Mar. 11, 1863.  Traveler and writer for magazines, etc. Author: An Expectant Heir to Millions, 1896.  The Serpent, 1902, both out of print.  The Call of the Muse (poems.) Where Rolls the Oregon (poems.) Address: Care Mrs. Lou A. Curran, Hollywood, Calif.

SAMUELS, MAURICE V., b. San Francisco, Oct. 3, 1874. Grad. 1894 Univ.  Calif.  Lawyer in S.F. for 7 years.  Playwright. Author: The Florentines, blank-verse art-comedy, Brentano, 1904. $1.00. Address: Hotel St. Margaret, 129 W. 47th St., New York City.

SAUNDERS, CHARLES FRANCIS, b. July 12, 1859, Bucks County, Penn. Ed. in Philadelphia. Grad. Friends’ Central School.  Came first to California 1902.  Resided in Pasadena since 1905.  Contributor to magazines of both coasts on subjects covering travel, plant life, the Indians of the Southwest, etc., besides occasional verse.  Editor 1894-7 of “The United Friend,” religious monthly, Philadelphia. Author: In a Poppy Garden.  R.G.  Badger, Boston, 1903, and wrote descriptive text for Mrs. Saunders’s published collection of color prints entitled, California Wild Flowers.  W.M.  Bains, Philadelphia, 1905. Address: 580 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, Calif.