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Purple Dress and a Paycheck Dream in a Rainy Thanksgiving
Maida pursues a purple Thanksgiving dress despite poverty, paying $4 of a $8 gown by selling pride and enduring rain. Grace, facing eviction, begs Maida for help. Mr. Ramsay praises Maida's bold choice as the two walk home, underlining resilience and romance.
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Doubleday
Special
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Twenty-third Street
Maida
Ald
Mid Grace
Fifth Avenue
Aff Schiegel
Grace
Aly Bootal
Rameau
Schiegel
Earth
Rpachman
Bee-Hive
Mr. Ramsay
Rameny
Pahaw
G. Bernard
Mrs. Ramsay
Bachman
Mr. Ramaay
Hamony
Schlegel
Maida‘s
Maida. Why Don't You Put On Anything and Come Along—It's Just the Store Folka
Rachman
Mra. Bachman
Bchleeels
Drews
Sehlegel
Mr. Rameny