Christmas Day Mummers See Struggle Behind the Spotlight
A man and his young daughter endure cold and hunger in a Waterloo-area lodging as Boxing Day looms. The father longs for better work and a break from poverty while the girl clings to hope, dreaming of a Christmas pudding as rehearsals falter and the theater fails to open. Boxing Day brings no relief as stars skip the show and the troupe faces a bleak, empty hall.
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Waterloo Bridge
Babsle
Pet
Babsie
Halliday
Hlailo
Halliday’s Christmas Coin Brings Hope and a Lost Child
Halliday finds a single coin for Babsie and changes his day. He fears for his daughter as he searches the foggy streets and theater, then returns to find Babsie alive on a coster's shoulders in the gallery, restoring his spirits as he finishes the performance.
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Halliday
Babsie
Vosters
Lie
Regal Theater
Nigel Halliday
Uty Walt
Thmne
Babaie
Palace
Grahame
Faith
Faith Hospital
Ming
Coster
Forget-Me-Not Tale of Kid in Gallery and Dollar Reward
A girl nicknamed Babsie waits outside a gallery to glimpse her father’s act, clutching a coin. Her father’s supporters and staff finally notice her, with Manager Vaughan slipping her a new dollar as thanks for the unheralded effect.
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Babsie
Vaughan
Grahame
Old Timer Recalls Mississippi Tales and River Life
A crowd in a steamboat office listens as a veteran recounts old-time Mississippi days and river pilots. He recalls Bill Jones and his father, while a skeptical youth tests dates and memories from the forties. The piece ends with a quip about parental reactions to a child's bright purchase.
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Mississippi
Bill Jones
Bil Jones
Labi
Bill
Cap
Memphis Scinitar
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War Department
China
W. N. McKeehen
Fremont, Ind
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