golf as a form of amusement and exercise. He estimates the effects of his early home, and of his contact with men in active life, as the two leading causes of his success in his chosen career. Mr. Bell married Miss Grace B. Hubbard, daughter of the late Honorable G. G. Hubbard, of Washington, and sister of Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, April 23, 1887. They have had five children, four of whom are living in 1905. His address is 1405 G street, Washington, District of Columbia.