Interesting indeed. Anyone curious about the book can see it in  Google
Books at http://tinylnk.com/AU2FAX

On Sunday, January 13, 2013, Wesley Britton wrote:

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> Editing a biography of actor Ruth Chatterton, I ran across a dmention of
> Mark Twain's niece,  Jean Webster.  Apparently, actor/producer Henry Miller
> had picked up a copy of Webster's popular book Daddy Long-Legs at a
> newsstand and contacted the authorh about adapting it for the stage in
> 1914.
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> The book has some comments on Webster, stressing Jean Webster combined
> writing with social activism.  "The story was inspired by her work on
> behalf
> of orphans.  She drew her material from monthly visits to orphanages in New
> England."
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> Variety praised, "Daddy Long-Legs is a full-grown comedy in which the
> author
> has blended a laugh and a tear in almost every line."[i]
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> Apparently, the play was quite a success for several years and perhaps
> helped pave the way for the sufferage movement. Never heard of it
> before-anyone know more?
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> Dr. Wesley Britton
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> Co-host, Dave White Presents
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> www.audioentertainment.org/dwp
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> Spywise website
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> www.spywise.net
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> [i] Review of Daddy Long-Legs, Variety, February 27, 1914
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Terry Ballard
Author and Leisure Studies Manager
http://www.terryballard.org
Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethisforlibraries.com

"My memory has a mind of its own."