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The Doll That Wasn't a Doll on Christmas Eve
In a San Francisco department store crowd a shabby old woman clutches a doll and is mistaken for a beggar. Mrs. Millicent Peckham, a high minded philanthropist, orders her arrest but learns the woman’s sorrowful tale of a lost daughter Laurettie. A ministering gesture follows as Peckham plans to restore the doll to a girl in need and free the mother.
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San Francisco
Millicent Peckham
Woman's Sociological Club
Miners’ Protective League
Millicent Perkins
Peckham
Kendall's
White-gloves
Richmond
Widdicomb
Laura Widdicomb
Lauretta
Laurie
Santa Claus
Laurettie