The Power of Decision
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Margot
Austin Bland
Wood Harding
Mrs. Wood Harding
The Old Artist
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Artist model Margot uses her “Power of Decision” to choose between two men she loves, after much distress of course!
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1917-04-09
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The theme of a woman who must choose the right or wrong direction, according to her strength of will, is forcefully interwoven with the idea that circumstances may overpower and conquer the strongest will.
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