GARDEN, MARY ), American operatic singer, was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, on Feb. 20, 1877. At the age of six she was brought to the United States. In 1888 her family settled in Chicago, where her early musical training was received. She went to Paris in 1896, and studied under Trabadello, Cheval lier and Fougere. She made her debut at the Opera Comique, Paris, April 3, 1900, in the title role of Louise. Her first appear ance in the United States was at New York in the title role of Thais, Nov. 25, 1907. In 191 o she became a member of the Chi cago Civic Opera company, assuming, among others, the parts of Salome, Thais, Melisande and Louise. She was general director of the Chicago Opera Association in 1921-22. In 1927 she sang in Pelleas et Melisande in Geneva, Switzerland ; also in Paris in the opera Resurrection.