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Dreamland Dance Job Complicates Ellen Rossiter's Struggle
Ellen Rossiter, mother Siler and sister Myra face poverty after patriarchal fortune fades. Ellen, working nights to support family, interviews at Dreamland, a tawdry dance hall, as Myra longs for security with fiancé Bert. Manager Jacob Salomon hires Ellen as a dancer, offering meager pay and required glamorous gowns. Ellen reflects on family hopes, shop life, and a possible shift to Barclay's department store, where she already works, as tension rises.
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Ellen Ressler
Siler
Ellen
Dees
eBlidree
Melly
Mully
Mely
Mike
Myra
Mrelay
Eller
Rossiter
Bert
Rossiters
Jenny Elkins
Elen
Dreamland
Broadway
Ellert
Jacob Salomon
Jacob Saloman
Jacob Silomon
Molly
Barclay’s
Steven Barclay
Halen