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Christmas Helper and a Daring Amputation
Nora, gravely ill, refuses a leg amputation unless saved by a $500 operation. Her aunt-like helper Biddie Sullivan supports Nora and her mother as Mrs. Peabody, moved by vanity, contemplates buying herself expensive solitaires. A Christmas crisis tests charity and moral choices in a tenement household.
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Nora
Biddie Sullivan
Biddie
Mrs. Peabody
Annie
Carin
Riddie Sullivan
Relef and Aid
Sue
Mr. Peabody
Erastus
Josephine
Peabodt
Father Maloney
Kora