Here is something I found of interest. In the 2015 non-fiction book, "The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York", the story is about a con-man PR hack, John Gluck, who creates a charity to assist poor kids in New Yor City. Early in the story, Gluck marries a recent immigrant woman Symona Boniface who is pursuing a career as an actress. She is in her early early 20s when she weds Gluck, who is about 20 years her elder. The marriage lasts a few years, and Symona also slightly helps Gluck in running his charity. Anyway, Symona finally gets wise and divorces Gluck, and she moves to Hollywood to become an actress --- and she eventually enters the world of the Three Stooges as a supporting actress.
Anyway, "The Santa Claus Man" is a well-researched read about charitable organizations in NYC during the Jazz Age. Read the book, it's a good story and provides a little information about pretty Symona Boniface!
Today on our way to doing a bit of Christmas Shopping in Waterloo,, which is a little over an hour outside London (Ontario), my son played a podcast from 2018 about John Gluck. It seems back in the 1910s - 1920s, charities weren't regulated like they are today, which, along with some timely major events (IE. World War 1, and the 1929 Stock Market Crash), John Gluck never really faced legal consequences for all of his scamming! Symona's name of course, did come up, and her assistance with the Santa Claus charity was noted, as was her leaving John Gluck (Along with other notables!) when his fortunes turned sour. Fascinating!!!!
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