BUHNER, Mrs. ALICE of St. Petersburg, is one of the talented women of Florida, a musician with thoroughly trained talent, and has been prominent in musical educational work in Saint Petersburg.

She was born on a ranch at Henrietta, Texas, daughter of WILLIAM LONGEE and VIRGINIA (VAN ZANDT) AINSLIE. Her parents moved to Florida in 1884, and her father owned several orange groves and was also a veneer manufacturer. Mrs. BUHNER is a pianist who is probably the foremost exponent in Florida of the famous Virgil piano school method, which she has been very successful in teaching. Her daughter MARY also possesses great musical talent, and has a wonderful lyric soprano voice. Mrs. BUHNER has three children: MARY, born October 30, 1893, PAULINE VIRGINIA and WILLIAM.