. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. Mr. Wait is a trustee of the American Printing House for theBlind, and chairman of its publication committee, and a chartermember of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind,and chairman of its executive committee, a position which hehas filled almost uninterruptedly since the organization of theassociation in 1871. He is a trustee of the New York Free Cir-culating Library for the Blind, the Society for Publishing Reh-gious Literature for the Blind, and the American College ofMusicians, and is a member of the Society of the Sons of
. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. Mr. Wait is a trustee of the American Printing House for theBlind, and chairman of its publication committee, and a chartermember of the American Association of Instructors of the Blind,and chairman of its executive committee, a position which hehas filled almost uninterruptedly since the organization of theassociation in 1871. He is a trustee of the New York Free Cir-culating Library for the Blind, the Society for Publishing Reh-gious Literature for the Blind, and the American College ofMusicians, and is a member of the Society of the Sons of theRevolution, the Society of Medical Jm-isprudence, the AmericanGeographical Society, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. On October 27, 1863, at Potter Hill, Rhode Island, he wasmaiTied to Miss Phoebe J. Babcock, by whom he has had sevenchildren, five daughters and two sons, three of whom — LucyBell, now Mrs. Frank Battles of Philadelphia, William Bell, Jr.,a lawyer of New York city, and Dr. OUver Babcock Bell ofPhiladelphia — now <yf(-o^uu^Tu^^£^pr^ /y^:L^^y<:£.^7C~- ALEXANDER WALKER THE strain of canny, thrifty Scottish blood is an importantone in the cosmopolitan constitution of the American na-tion. It was planted here at an early date in colonial history,and quickly and permanently made itself felt for good. Intelli-gent, progressive, industrious, fragal, and intensely patriotic, theScotchmen of colonial and Revolutionary times were among thebest citizens of the rising nation. The history of those times isthickly dotted with Scottish names hx civil and mihtary life, nota few of them illuminated with highest honor. Nor are aU theScotchmen of America those of early establishment. The streamof migration hither from the Land o Cakes has not year adds to the number of our Scotch citizens. And thelater comers invariably display and exercise the same admirablecharacteristics that distinguished their forerunners of a centuiyor two ago. Scotchme
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