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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: that ought to be pitied. It's girls from good homes
that are honestly ambitious and work hard to rise in
the profession, but never do get there. You bear a
lot of sympathy sloshed around on chorus girls and
their fifteen dollars a week. Piffle! There ain't a
sorrow in the chorus that a lobster cannot heal.
"If there's any tears to shed, let 'em fall for the
actress that gets a salary of from thirty to forty-five
dollars a week for taking a leading part in a bum
show. She knows she'll never do any better; but she
hangs on for years, hoping for the 'chance I that
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