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(8538) MARY EMMA WAGER, m. Amos H. Barnett.
Child: Lester W.
(8539) LAURA ETTIE WAGER, m. William M. Horner.
Child: Nellie Eunice.
(8542) BERTHA ELIZABETH JOHNSON, m. Jack Beasley.
Children: Edith J. and Ethelyn.
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(Edgar) STANLEY OLMSTED (the name of Edgar now professionaUy
eliminated.) Born Murphy, N. C, Jan. 30, 1877. Graduated Central
H. S., Washington, D. C, 1891. One year at Columbia (now George Washington)
University. Studied music, professionally, (and languages and
aesthetics) five years in Europe.
After a niunber of years as concert pianist and teacher, during which time
he held several important musical (teaching) positions, took up residence in
New York City, pursuing calling of novelist, magazine writer and, latterly,
of playwright.
Novels: "The Nonchalante" (Henry Holt & Co., 1906), "The EmotionaUst"
(D. Appleton & Co., 1908), "The Boy, the Girl, and the Symphony"
(forthcoming).
Short stories by this writer have appeared, with more or less regularity,
in fifteen or more American magazines, including Collier's, McCliure's, Lippincott's,
Pearson's, Smart Set, and Munsey's. A play, "Tempering the
Wind," written in collaboration with Mr. Penrhyn Stanlaws, the well-kiiowli
artist, is scheduled for a near production. Permanent address. Friars Club,
West 45th Street, New York City.