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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1917
Page
2
Kane & Major Music Enterprises presents The New York Follies Company at the Royal featuring seven girls and three men in a girl show. The troupe includes the Tabor Trio noted for their harmony and is billed as a classy addition to the Virginia Carolina Circuit.
The Metro feature Threads of Fate stars Viola Dana and shows a Wilkes-Barre coal mining district set, depicting miners and their capital clashes. Director Eugene Nowland faced permission hurdles near the mines, but Viola Dana drew eager fans including a miner with fourteen children who admired her work.
Anita meets a secretary Gladys who loses her job for refusing to assist a dishonest business scheme. Gladys chose integrity over advancement, risking financial hardship to avoid lying or enabling fraud. The narrator praises Gladys as a noble example and asks if most women in business would act similarly.
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