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LEFT MOOSEHEAD LAKE 302 MOEAN MOOSEHEAD LAKE, the chief lake in New England, situated on the border of Somerset and Piscataquis counties, Maine. It is about 35 miles long and 12 miles wide. It has an area of about 115 square miles. The Roach and Moose rivers empty into it, and its outlet is the Kennebec river. The lake is one of the most important centers for hunting in New England and at Greenville are excellent hotel accommodations. MOOSEJAW, the chief city of a divi- sion of Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Can- ada, on the Moosejaw river, and on the Canadian Pacific, Grand Trunk Pacific, and Canadian Northern railways. The city has many important public edifices, including a public library, court house, city hall, and collegiate institute. It has also important industrial interests, including iron works, flour mills, lumber mills, and manufactories of automobiles and tractors. Pop. about 14,000. MOOSE, LOYAL ORDER OF, an American secret and benevolent organi- zation founded by Dr. J. H. Wilson at Louisville, Ky., in 1888. The purposes of the order are social and fi^aternal, and to furnish payments to members during illness, and funeral benefits. The first lodge was established at Cincinnati, O. The organization owns an estate of 1,000 acres at Mooseheart, near Au- rora, 111., where has been established a home, farm, and school for orphans and dependent members. The order is gov- erned through the supreme lodge. There were in 1920 1,600 lodges and over 600,- 000 members. MOPLAS, a race of southern India, mainly near the Malabar coast, who as fanatical Mohammedans have caused trouble by outbreaks. Descended from the old Arab traders, they number about 700,000. MOPSUS, a famous legendary Greek prophet, son of Apollo, and grandson of Tiresias. He vanquished Calchas in pro- phetic skill, and fell by the hand of the prophet Amphilochus, whom he at the same time slew. MOQTJEGUA, maritime province of Peru, area 5,550 square miles, traversed by Andes, fertile, the vine being chiefly cultivated. Pop. about 43,000. Capital, Moquegua, wine mart; pop. about 5,000. MOQUI (mo-ke') INDIANS, a semi- civilized people living in seven towns in northern Arizona. The first accounts of them date from the expedition of Coro- nado in 1540. They are kind-hearted and hospitable, cultivate the soil, raising grain and vegetables, and possessing large flocks of sheep and goats. They weave very fine blankets, an art which they have taught several neighboring tribes. The houses are built of stone, set in mortar, and perched upon the sum- mits of almost inaccessible mesas. They number about 1,600. MORA, LUIS, American painter; born at Montevideo, Uruguay, 1874. Studied at Boston Museum Art School and Art Students' League, New York. At first attracted notice as a magazine illustra- tor. In 1900 he was commissioned to decorate the public library at Lynn, Mass. He won numerous gold medals for his work: Philadelphia Art Club (1901), Penn. Fine Arts (1902), Hallgarten prize National Academy of Design (1905), Evans prize, Salmagundii Club (1908), Shaw prize. National Academy (1910). Among his more notable paints ings are "Spanish Cafe" (1906) ; "After the Bullfight" (1910): "Summer Morn- ing" (1912); "Evening News" (1914). His work shows the influence of the old Spanish masters, but is distinctly mod- ern in treatment. MORADABAD (mo-ra-da-bad'), a town of British India, capital of a dis- trict, and center of a large trade in coun- try produce; on the Ramganga, 100 miles E. by N. of Delhi. It is noted for its metal-work. Pop. about 81,000. MORAINE (ran'), in physical geog- raphy and geology, the debris of rocks brought into valleys by glaciers. There is always one line of blocks on each edge of the icy stream, and often several in the middle. The former are called later- al, and the latter medial moraines. A large portion of these rocky fragments at length reaches the end of the glacier, which is known as a terminal moraine. MORALITY, or MORAL PLAY, a sort of allegorical play, embodying moral discourses in praise of virtue and con- demnation of vice, the dialogue being carried on by personifications of virtues and abstract qualities. The Devil of the earlier Miracle Plays became the Vice of the latter. Moralities first appeared about the beginning of the reign of Henry VI., and lingered till the reign of Elizabeth (about 1600). MORAN, EDWARD (-ran'), an Amer- ican painter; born in Bolton, England. Aug. 19, 1829. He removed to Philadel- phia in 1844; studied art under Hamilton and Weber, and first exhibited in 1853. He was noted as a marine painter, but turned to figure painting. Among his works are "Launch of the Life-boat," "The Lord Staying the Waters," "put-