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read together. Darcy tries to publish his poems, but the publisher (Burton) wants $ 500 in advance for the printing, which Darcy lacks. He tells Purity he would marry her if not for his finances. Purity goes to where they met and undresses to bathe in a stream, where artist Claude
Lamarque draws her, and after she finishes and dresses he approaches her and suggests she pose for him for an allegorical painting. When Darcy falls ill, she goes to the artist's studio and poses nude for Lamarque, receiving funds that she gives to the publisher. Judith Lure (Forde) meets Purity and hires her to perform at a party, and Purity recreates some statues (for which Munson had posed). Purity has Darcy's book published and it is successful. Darcy goes to the studio where Luston Black (Carroll) is attempting to seduce Purity, and Darcy defends her until Black reveals that Purity has posed in the nude. Darcy abandons her until Lamarque tells him that Purity did it for Darcy's benefit, whereupon Darcy seeks forgiveness and is reunited with Purity.
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combined with a personal onstage appearance by Munson that caused her arrest in St. Louis on
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was banned in the state of Kansas and in cities including Dallas, Kansas City, Missouri, Jackson, Mississippi, and
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consider their community standards and public opinion. The deletions included scenes in the prologue where the neckline of Munson's gown was too low, scenes with suggestive expressions on the faces of men, a word on an
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