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MARY, an American soprano. Born in 1877 at Aberdeen, Scot- MARY GARDEN land, her parents moved to America when she was very young. learned to play both the violin and piano she was very young. In Chicago she and when sixteen placed herself under the instruction of Mrs. Duff of Bangor, Me. After training her voice for two the instruction of Mrs. Duff of Bangor, years she continued her vocal studies in Paris under eminent teachers. Making years she continued her vocal studies in her début in Paris in 1900 she was a striking success from the first. In 1908 she became a member of the Manhattan Opera Company of New York and remained with them two years. From 1910 to 1920 she was connected with the operas were those of the modern French Chicago Opera Company. Her favorite work particularly in such an opera as "Thaïs." In 1921 she was appointed general director of the Chicago Opera Co.