of the message of the shepherds heard out beyond
Bethlehem that Christmas morning long
ago sounds in the chords she strikes.''

As the wife of the late Judge James
Humphrey, she proved herself the able companion
of such a worthy man.



KATE A. APLINGTON.


The Kansas State Traveling Art Gallery
owes its birth and much of its success to Kate
A. Aplington, the author of that typical western
story, ``Pilgrims of the Plains.'' Since
Feb., 1907, the Art Gallery has been a recognized
state institution, and as its Vice-President
and Superintendent and as the writer of
the art lectures that accompany the work, Mrs.
Aplington's broad-minded, artistic temperament
and student's persistency have made the
gallery truly a work of art.

At present, the Aplingtons are living at
Miami, Florida, but for a quarter of a century,
Council Grove, the most famous spot on the
Santa Fe Trail, was their home. Special
investigations and researches on the subject of