Question M

[Jonetta]

What new thing did you learn from this story?

[Robin]

I had never heard of the Theatrical Syndicate before. It was an interesting part of the story. I loved how Adelia blamed her husband for not allowing her to join the syndicate, and he blamed her.

[Jonetta]

I’d never heard of this Syndicate before either. Having lived in New York, I often wondered about the origins of Broadway and this gave insight.

Also, that dumb rule about a child’s father being automatically the husband of the mother was news to me. Just imagine how many ancestry records are flat out wrong because of this practice.

[Robin]

Yep, I bet there is a lot of incorrect information in the ancestry records. Just think of a girl from a rich family getting pregnant. The parents would sometimes marry their daughter off to a rich older man who needed an wife and an heir. Or, mother and daughter may take a long holiday in Europe where the mother would come back with a surprise child.

[Jonetta]

Perfect examples, Robin.