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Later the family moved to Cincinnati, where 

 the little girl attended the public schools until 

 she was twelve, when she joined a juvenile 

 opera company, which presented Pinajore, 

 Chimes of Normandy and other light operas. 

 After playing a 

 child's part in 

 Rip Van Winkle, 

 she left the stage 

 to study for three 

 years in New 

 York, and in 1888 

 made her debut 

 at Boston as Par- 

 thenia in Ingo- 

 mar. From that 

 time on her suc- 

 cess was assured. 

 In addition to her 

 many Shake- 

 spearean roles, she appeared as Barbara Friet- 

 chie in Clyde Fitch's play of that name, High- 

 land Mary in For Bonnie Prince Charlie, and 

 in When Knighthood Was in Flower. In 1894 

 she married Robert Tabor, who was then her 

 leading man, but six years later she divorced 

 him. After ten years of work with E. H. Soth- 

 ern, she retired from the stage in August, 1915, 

 on account of ill health. See SOTHERN, ED- 

 WARD H. 



Consult Strang's Famous Actresses of the Day 

 in America. 



MARMORA, mahr'mora, SEA OF, an oval 

 body of water, once called Propontis, lying in 

 Eurasia between the Black and Aegean seas. It 

 is connected with the former on the northeast 

 by the Strait of Bosporus, and with the latter 



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on the southwest by the Dardanelles (which 

 see). It is about 160 miles long, its greatest 

 width is less than fifty miles, and its area is 

 about 4,500 square miles. It is more than twice 

 as large as Prince Edward Island, and some- 



what smaller than Connecticut. The sea forms 

 a waterway for vast commerce. It contains 

 several islands, among them Marmora, noted 

 for the beautiful marble and alabaster obtained 

 from its quarries. The great city of Constan- 

 tinople lies at the northeastern extremity of 

 the Sea of Marmora, and both came into world- 

 wide notice in 1915, during the War of the Na- 

 tions, when the Allies, particularly England and 

 France, sought entrance into the sea by way 

 of the Dardanelles. This spectacular campaign, 

 which had Constantinople as its objective 

 point, was abandoned after nearly a year of 

 futile fighting (see WAR OF THE NATIONS). 



MARMOSET, mahr'mozet, the family name 

 of the smallest of the monkeys, which are not 

 larger than a squirrel or a half-grown kitten. 

 They live in South America. Their coat is long, 

 soft fur, beautifully colored. Some marmosets 

 have tufts of hair on the top of their ears, and 

 the silky marmoset has a great pompadour of 

 long fur. Their tails are long, covered with fur, 

 and ringed with bands of black and gray. Al- 

 though this little creature lives in trees, it does 

 not use its tail to hold to the branches, as do 

 most monkeys, for it is too short. The marmo- 

 sets eat the fruits and insects they find in the 

 trees. The most common marmoset, called 

 ouistiti, is a popular South American pet and 

 thoroughly enjoys being cared for. It cannot 

 live, however, when taken to cool climates. 



MARMOT, mahr'mot, a small member of 

 the ground squirrel family, which resembles the 

 rat in form and habits; in the arrangement of 

 its teeth, however, it is like the squirrels. The 

 common marmot is a native of the Alps, the 

 Pyrenees and the 

 more northern 

 mountains of Eu- 

 rope. Marmots 

 are about the size 

 of rabbits, and 

 have short legs 

 and tails and 

 thick bodies. 

 Their fur is grayish-yellow, becoming brown to- 

 ward the head. Their food consists of insects, 

 leaves and roots. They dig large burrows and 

 provide two entrances, and in them they spend 

 the winter. 



The prairie dog and woodchuck of North 

 America are species of marmot, but they have 

 more solitary habits than their European cous- 

 ins. See GROUND HOG. 



MARNE, marn, the largest tributary of the 

 River Seine, rises in the plateau of Langres, 



THE MARMOT 

 About one-twelfth actual size. 



