Glad you enjoyed the article.

Mrs Balliet was certainly a formidable woman. As well as the ACHS, she was at the forefront of many of the Atlantic City women’s societies (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NXJFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLwMAAAAIBAJ&dq=dow%20balliett&pg=6369%2C2878620) and held very definite views on suffrage (http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FR1UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CToNAAAAIBAJ&dq=dow%20balliett&pg=5184%2C185537). She also ran the School of Psychology and Physical Culture, which explains her apparently idiosynchronous book “The Body Beautiful: According to the Delsartian Philosophy”, published in 1901, which contains instruction on yoga-like exercises.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to locate a biography of Mrs Balliet, nor the book from which my notes on her were originally taken .

I have come across a picture of her online at a Polish website (http://www.numerologia.net.pl/NUMEROLOGIA,4.html) Unfortunately, until I put my hands on a lost, dusty tome I can’t say for certain that the image is definitely her (it was a 1950′s book attempting to debunk numerology, which contained all sorts of interesting gems on the development of the system as we use it today). The site also gives her a birthdate which would make her only 81 in 1928 – so the veracity of the site may be questionable.

Good luck in finding further information. There seems to be a lack of biographical information for her online. Will drop a note here if I manage to locate the book! (Feel free to join the forum section of the site if you want to contact me direct by email or PM).

Very best wishes
Haruth

Mrs. Balliet died in Atlantic City in 1928 at age 84.

I found your article very interesting and the connection to Mrs. Seton- Sears and Dr. Juno. Could you recommend a good book or help us with finding out more about her. Perhaps a picture??

Thank you for your article and any assistance.