Elise J. Blattner

Elise Jecko Blattner (1854–1926) was a traveler and lecturer who was reputed to be the first person west of the Allegheny Mountains to illustrate her talks with lantern slides.

Personal Elise Jecko was born on or about May 13, 1854, in St. Louis, Missouri. to Joseph Jecko of Alsace and Clara Heimbach of Koblenz. Clara graduated from Wellesley College. She was later married to Henry Blattner,

In 1913, she was living at 2914A Arkansas Avenue, St. Louis. In 1917, she and her daughter were living at the same address. She listed her occupation as "lecturer." She died of uremia and chronic nephritis at Barnes Hospital on June 8, 1926, after an eight-week illness. She was survived by her daughter.

In 1912, she and Clara returned to the United States aboard the SS Nippon Maru, sailing from Yokohama.

Clara was also a lecturer, demonstrating the No dance, flower arranging, the tea ceremony, bonsedi, or sand pictures and kōdō, an incense game.

Mrs. Charles P. Johnson, her biographer, said of her lectures that "her manner of delivery is the most polished imaginable; her voice is pleasing, resonant, and clear."