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The Portrait of Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, which accompanies 

 Miss Seaman's appreciation on the opening pages of this isstie of 

 the Bulletin, appeared in the February number of the Journal of 



Home Economics. We are greatly indebted to 



M°'^R^^iia°d -^^^^ ^^^1 ^°^ permission to reproduce the Por- 

 trait and for the use of the plate for that 

 purpose. 



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