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one-half hours to get back and part OF
the time it was slushing through water
and mud three feet deep Ordinarily IL
takes two hours and twenty minutes to
make the round trip.
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PERU AND CAPITAL
IN GREAT SUFFERING

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flames cast a red, weird glow over the
city that added to the fears OF the
thousands of marooned persons.
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visiting Stockholm, Berlin. Vienna and
Brussels. where they parted company.
The Englishwoman' social engage
ments obliged her to return to England
and she wanted her .'companiOn,' to come
with her. but Mrs. Gilbert's contract
called for some real work on the CONT
nent and she didn't feel that she had
done any SO far. Paris struck her as
likely field for scheme she had in mind.
SO to that gay city she went She knows
how to coax some highly agreeable music
out of mandolin, so she conceived the
idea of warbling and playing to the pa
irons of some of the fashionable Paris
cafes. To make the thing more piquant
she wore mask, mot one of those ugly
black dominoes," she explained carefully.
but chic little silk one" and she did
her gorgeous tawny hair very brain
Storm to use her own expression. For
the rest she Wore ordinary evening dress.
and had little page-boy, dressed as an
East Indian. to take any money that
might be Forthcoming.
Less conservative than the London res
taurant proprietors proved later, the
Partisan ones raised no objection to her
scheme, and she sang first at Maxim's,
at the Bal Tabarin and other resorts OF
the great and the half-world of the City
Of Light. She came and went In taxi,
had only one disagreeable adventure in
the three weeks she kept the thing up
and made quite lot of money. The not
wholly agreeable adventure occurred
when, one night at the Bal Tabarin,
man. an American, too, tried to tear Off
her mask, but the attendants fell upon
him, and the sympathetic spectators pat
ronized her little East Indians tam
BOURNE CALAMITY by way of making it up
to her, SO she drove home in triumph.
On another evening like Cinderella, she
left one of her slippers behind her, Rus
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actly 10 shiilings. or $50, in her posses
sion, so she told her cabby to drive to
the hotel and there rewarded him with
half crown, thus reducing her available
capital to about 80 in American money,
a sum which would scarcely cover the
rent Of her room at the hotel for one day.
This hosiery is one of the best in Lon
don, and Hiida Giibert's action in put
ting up there on a cash capital of less
than 81 was a typical piece of audacity
on her part, which she excused. to some
extent, in telling about it, however, by
the fact that, as the globe-2irdling feat
she had attempted had been advertised
to some extent In the London press, she
was counting on getting a music hall en-
gagement here just about as soon as she
applied for one. That fond delusion van
iShed, however, before many hours had
passed. 1t happened that the London
halls had had lot of turns by vari-
Violet Charlesworth the motor car en-
bezzer and supposed suicide, was respon-
Sible for one of these and all of them
had been frosts, SO the managerial hearts
failed to warm to Hilda- Gilbert's blan-
dishments.
Then, all Of sudden she found her
self on Easy street" A friend in Amer
lea who had owed her $50 forwarded a
money order for that amount, which paid
her hotel bill, and by the mereSt accident
"a tumble downstairs-she made the &C
quaintanee of a well-to-do Englishwoman
who was also stopping at the hotel, and
who on being told the. story of Jack
London's wager, promptly engaged the
American girl as her companion on mo-
tor tour on the continent. upon which she
was about to set forth. The salary of $50
a week and expenses which Mrs Caswell
offered commended itself highly to Hilda
Gilbert and the two set off forthwith
travelling in the Englishwoman's car, and
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THE WORLD

type than a Yankee one; she rarely if
ever guesses, and she hasn't the least
bit of the transatlantic twang that Eng
lish folk expect from all Americans.
Hence the astonishing spectacle which
Immediately preceded her next activity
of an out-and-out Britisher teaching a
girl from ''the states how to talk with
an American accent"
When the novelty of the Cushion tea
rooms globe-trotting Yankee waitress be-
gan to wear off, and business dropped to
its usual dimensions Mrs Gibert's salary
descended simultaneously TO the original
figure, and the busnesslike little lady
promptly began to wonder if something
friend at Olympia came forward with IL
suggestion. Londons first cabaret, the
Cave of the Golden Calf. had just been
opened in Heddon street under the man
agement of Nine. August Strndberg, the
widow of the Swedish novelist, and at
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gets to India and begins entertaining
rajahs and such. as she proposes to
do, but just at that time it looked as
if she again had had her work fo"
nothing. The wolf loped over and
squatted down only foot or two from
the American girls threshold, and one
day, pretty nearly desperate, she
sought out her friend at Olympia and
asked his advice, and he told her about
the tea shop.
This tea shop is in the district of
London that is known as the city"
being located, to be exact, in Cushion
court, just across from the Royal ex-
change, or a stones throw from the
Bank of England. The name of the
tea establishment is "The Cushion
Court Tea Shop" and it is a place of
the better class. which caters prnci-
pally to the men on the nearby stock
exchange. Mrs. GiIbert's Miracle"
friend knows the woman who runs it,
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and had been told she needed anoth "
assistant. He suggested to the Ameri-
can girl that she might do worse than
to serve the cup that cheers without
inebriating for while and so. pocket
Ing what there was left OF her pride.
-" Buffalo mems daughter applied for
the vacant job and got it. The wage
agreed upon was exactly what the
o,iier gir-s got, viz. thirteen shillings a
week and their luncheon and tea, but
when it got noiSed about that the new
waitress was an American girl who
was beating her way around the world
business at the tea shop got so brisk
that the Hebe from L. S. \. felt jus
tined in asking for a substantial rise
as they call it over here. and got ii.
She says that, on the whole, the three
weeks that she spent at the Cushion tea
rooms We're pleasant ones None of he:'
customers tried to get fresh with her.
and the other girls, realizing the situa-
ton, didn't mind the girl from America
monopoliZing the attention of the patrons.
The latter one and all declined TO believe
that she was an American. and no won
der. With her tawny hair and bright
coloring, she is much more an English
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royal parents and sister made such a
sensation when they visited -the United
States awhile back and who is the favor
ite "understudy' of his royal cousn,- Kine
George V. I asked Mrs Gilbert how the
prince seemed to enjoy her stories.
He looked extremely bored all the
time" was her naive reply.
On another evening the Balkan peace
delegates formed part of the audience
at the cabaret, and, but there. the limits
of space are infieXible and the rest OF
Mrs. Gilberts adventures in England
must be told with stenographic brevity.
1t was Immediately at the close of her
engagement at the Cave of the Golden
Calf that she adopted yet another role.
and glad handed prospective customers
for Bond street beauty artist to whom
came duchessss and such under less ca
allied titles to have premature wrinkles
filled up and ungainly noses treated
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A LII to Win Bet for Her
I \ Friend, Who Wagered
$4,000 That She Could Do It,
Lovely Hilda Gilbert, Whose
Father Is Citizen of Buffalo,
Is Engaged in Girdling the
Globe With Nothing But Her
Uncommon Versatility and
Yankee Pluck to Help Her.
Is Now About to Leave Eng
land for South Africa, After
Having Lot of Queer
Experiences There and in
Europe, and Having Been
Up Against 1t Hard More
Than Once = Has Sung,
Masked, in the Paris Cafes,
and Been a Waitress in a
London Tea Shop.
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amount as the result of an extraordi
nary bet which he made with the author
q little over two years ago.
But, then. London's friend deserves to
lose the money, for the wager he made
was against the resourcefulness and de-
termination of an American girl, and
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ing for Sigschow, the Norwegian artist.
and still another period when the woir
got unpieasantly neighborly. she went up
to Worcestershire and lived ION the
land with a queer colony OF Tolstoyans.
who have been there for thirteen years
now living according TO a creed or the
Russian teacher under the hlgh priest
ship of a leonine student Of Hegel, who
declares that all the recognized theories
of astronomy are without foundation ana
is writing a big book to prove it,
At present it looks as IL the American
girl really were going to make good
with her music hall act, and she is rather
depending on it to take her to South
Africa If all else fails, she may pocket
her pride again. become a "seamstress
pro tenn and apply for what is known as
an assisted passage" TO the cape. For
she is going to get there and to Australia.
Japan and the Philippines, too They say
at home that there is nothing sure i'm this
world except death and taxes. but If the
writer were Jack London, and wanted
that cost 5000, payment to he
made i'm a years time, he certainly should
buy il.
Copyright 1915. by Curtis Brcw.i .sAi
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l Is beginning to
look as if that ad-
Veuturous Ameri-
can novelist. Jack
London. would be
$500 in pocket
b q + > re m Il n Y
months have pass
ed. BY the same
token. an intimate
friend OF London s
looks like parting
with a similar
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tractive turns We're in demand there.
Mrs Gilbert's friend suggested that she
might tell American stories for the de-
lectation of the aristocrat:c and bohemian
patrons of the Golden Calf. But" said
he, you'll have to learn to talk with an
American accent
Not long ago somebody opened a school
in London where Americans, on payment
of a substantial fee, might acquire a gen
uine English infection, and was said to
have attracted some pupils, but in this
case the situation was reversed. Mrs.
Gilbert's friend solemnly taught her how
to converse through her nose and how to
guess and Calculate after the most
approved manner of the American of the
British novel and stage, and as soon as
she was proficient Nine. Strindbcrg
gave her an engagement and she wen:
on at the cabaret and RECALLED it's pa
irons with a choice assortment of Amer
lean anecdotes. At her first appearance
she had an exalted auditor IN the person
OF Prince Arthur of Connaught, whose
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so off H!lda Gilbert sailed on the Lusi-
tania on the 9TH of January 1911 and
since that time she has had a queer
lot of experience for the sake of bread
and butter. if ever woman did. She
has sung, masked, accompanying herself
on the mandolin. in the Paris cafes; she
has been waitress in a London city
Miracle" and the manageress of a beauty
parlor ON Bond street; motored through
Denmark, Germany and Austria as COM
panion to a wealthy Englishwoman; lived
ION the land in a communist colony ;
told American stories before royal
prince, posed for artists, studied Persian
written short stories and incidentally
found time to perpetrate a novel and get
ii accepted by an English publisher, who
already has paid substantial advance
royalty.
More than once. however. as you may
imagine. she has been right up against
it, more than once she has had to have
dealings with uncle" more than one
wrathful landlady has held up her lug
gage in lieu of payment that was not
forthcoming. and more than once she
has had no more than vague idea
where her next meal was coming from
other day she was not exactly rolling
in wealth. and has several more CONT
nents to conquer before she can claim
to have won Jack London's wager for
him.
Wban he tapdod n, tho Eritisb 49,
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everybody knows that an American girl,
when she is on her mettle, is practically
unbeatable. Jack London does anyway,
and that is why he unhesitatingly staked
$500 'simoleons on the proposition that
-Hilda Gilbert. who is a typica1lyS ener-
getic and uncommonly versatile daughter
of Uncle Sam. and incidentally good to
look upon. could succeed in working her
way around the world without any money
except what she could earn on the way.
Mrs Hilda Gilbert. who is now on the
point of leaving for South Africa. after
nearly two years of surprising expert
ences in this country and the CONT
nent is dainty little woman with a
profusion of Titan red hair. provoking
gray eyes. peaches-and-cream complex
ion and trim figure. She was born in
Buffalo. where her father, c. III: Myers,
is manufacturer, and after marrying
in haste At the age Of fourteen she re-
pented at leisure and was divorced four
years afterward. At nineteen she heard
the west a-callin, if one may para
phrase Kipling. and, going out to Call
fornia she lived in the open. In time
we find her with house of her own in
Graham's canyon, Glen Ellen. Cal, which
is quite close to the home of the Lon
dons at Wake Robin Lodge. She was
their guest for two months in the sum
mer of 1909. and then IL was that the
wager actually was laid which sent this
pretty and gritty Yankee girl on such
an enterprise as perhaps no woman. not
even an American one. ever embarked
on before.
THE understanding was, said Mrs.
Gilbert. that ] was to he given money
enough TO take me across the ocean
and leave me few dollars after | got
there, and that after that it would be
up 10 me. / was 10 work my way
through Europe. South Africa Australia.
Japan and the Philippines, and if | sue
ceeded in doing within three years
from the time of starting Mr.. London
was to win $1,000. My reward Well,
it's "A wonderful experience. of course.
and | may write a book about it after
it's all over, and i shouldn't be surprised.
either Il, in case / win out Mr. Lon
don handed a generous proportion of his
winnings over to me. Help from my
father in case of need? No. there was
never any chance of that. for my father
disapproves of the whole thing too much
to come to my aid, however great hole
/ might get in, and j have been in some
fairly deep ones since / started on my
trip.
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON. March
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By Herbert Kaufman

y sSsasSAAgak atzzz.~==zzaa4ze - By He
Rich Man, Give
You're high jumper Behind you lies long road of BARRIERS
You didn't clear them easily One after another they challenged
your courage and po0ertested your strength
forced by sheer enacy and doggednes clear the mark
Necessity urged to utmost Ambition piled the hp
and perhaps hunger dug her spurs many weary day night
Yours hard school, but the best taught you
and caution and daring and readiness You had nothing
to fall back you had go on.
Every day demanded its toll of effort and sre.uness
couldn't sh couldn't postpone couldn't hesitate you
dependent M and skill for the roof
head and clothes back and the food your plate
Hold there don't begin pin medals your proud
Swelling chest through choice alone that you became
reab conservative respectable citizen You possessed
alternative.
Had been given the chance your energy is-
patton had the the opportunity ner
lance OF brains and vitality among the lotus blossoms
break that oud have taken advantage situation as
readily squandering his and your
He isn't necessarily inferior boy because he hasn't yet
aed the desire aptitude responsibilities
So don't crcise him until make where the responsibility
actually
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When she landed in the British me-
'opolis January Is, 1911, she had ex-
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ou We peen oUeT the route and aware OF all the
handlcaps that face younger in the big life fight
Why don't the boy the benefit of your knowledge?
Even the ble booded thoroughbred
his colt with heritage of d and spirit and n1ette After that
it's to the trainer. He can't strike thinning until has
been drilled into him cruelty and persiseny taught
his SIRE
You oueresate the potency of wealth won't stick
to unskiZed fingers.
1t doesn't take long to turn spendtrit into pauper, and
the who has knowledge of the by which fortunes
created can't defend his from horde hard
pressed mems educated by battle
their futures
You've misplaced many coddled psnpered cocksure rival
and the methods that made you great adopted by an
immigrant farm boy whose father didn't give him the right
choose between leisure and labor
By seeking eliminate hardhps from the path your
dren removing the incentives that teach force
character and selfdefense.
Until competent stand alone he doesn't stand
a show
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21
PERSONAL MENTION.


Ed. Wellman was here from Pike
Vile Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Eldridge is In
Ashland this week.
Mrs. Mary r. Moore, of Wilbur
was in Louisa Monday.
w. ID. Pierce was in Cincinnati
this week, buying goods
Miss Victoria CARED left Tuesday
for weeks visit in Huntington
Mr. f. c. Hall, of Prestonsburg'
was Louisa visitor Thursday
MIR. and Mrs Claude Gaujot, OF
Huntington, were here Wednesday
Mrs. James Kinstler and children
are visiting relatives in Hunting
ton.
g. e. Hensley was at Chillicothe
last week after his spring samples
of shoes.
Mrs. Fleming Green, of Webbyille
is visiting the family OF her father,
Judge o'Brien.
Mrs. Austin, of lronton, Is the
guest of her brother and sister, Mr.
nd Mrs. Lee Henry.
Jack Ward has moved into the
Justice residence opposite the A. J.
CARED home on Perry-st
Mrs. Lutte Johnston was here Mon
day on her way home from Twin
Pranch, W. Va, to Ashland.
Miss Kitty Copley has returned
from an extended visit to friends In
Catlettsburg and Huntington.
Mrs. l.. G. Chatfield, of Catletts-
burg, was the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. James Peters, Monday.
Mrs. william Myers, of Ashland
was here this week, visiting the
family Of her son, w. L. Ferguson,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bahan, of Bus
SEVILLE, were here this week. MT
Bahan went from this place to Lou.
isville.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Hensley were
visiting their children, Mr.. Roy II
Hensiey and Mrs. Sam See, at Toron
TO, o., last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. c, Mcclure, o
Springfield o., arrived here las
Sunday morning Mrs. Mcclure u
here for visit of some length, blu
business called her husband bacl
to Springfield Monday.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21
NJ. E. CHURCH SOUTH,

Sunday school at 800 a. m. Let
every member of the church be pres,
ent If possible. Preaching services
at 1880 a. m. by the pastor, and
at $50 p. m. by Rev. o. F. Will
Jams, the presiding elder. Morning
subject: "Insincerity. Junior
League at $3.50 pm. Senior League
at $3.50, A. o. Carter. leader.
Quarterly Conference Friday, Nov
81, at 1900 p. M.
b. M. KEITH, Pastor.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

DR., Fred Mutchler, State Agent OF
the United States Dept. OF Agrlcul-
ture, will deliver a lecture at the
Court House on Nov 20. Boys Corn
Club day, at which time he will ar
range for the work of an agent In
Lawrence county for 1914. The lee
ture Will be given at one p, m,
There should be large audience
to hear this address. Il will inter
est everybody who hears It.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

The family of Mr.. W. 7. osburn,
who died at his home in Fort Gay
u few days ago, request us to say
for them that they fully appreciate
the many acts Of kindness extended
TO them in connection with the III
ness and funeral OF Mr.. Osburn.
None of these acts will be forgotten.
bur all will be cherished By the rel
atiyes of the deceased.
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STORE FOR SALE.

On account OF the death of Mr.
w. T. osburn his store at FIT, Gay
w. Va, is offered for sale as a
whole. 1t consists of general stock
of goods and the business is pros
porous Any one interested should
apply at once 1t. Advertisement.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

Chris Sullivan, who has Just com
pleted a course at the Bowling
Green Business College, returned
home Monday His stay was short
however, for he left on Tuesday for
jenkins, where he has a job in the
office Of the b. and o railway Chris
is an intelligent, industrious young
man, of good habits, and his Lou
lisa friends hope that he, like 9th
err Louisa lads, will make good.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

The Business Mems League will
hold a meeting at the Court House
on next Tuesday evening at $50.
At this time they win decide to con-
tinue the League, If interest is
shown along this line, or to dis
continue unless the public shows
proper interest in the meetings,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

A prominent physician, well
known undertaken and a popular
preacher went hunting together
Tuesday. Now let the pert para
graphers do their best-yor their
worst,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21
LOOK! LOOK! LOOK!

The Louisa Furniture Co., has
SEVERAL HUNDRED Ladies SUITS
and CLoAKS TO CLOSE OUT AT
FIFTY CTS. ON the DOLLAR. the
very latest styles, Examine them
and be convinced for yourself.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

LOST. Purse containing S2o
bill and soc in silver Was lost on
Tuesday morning on Louisa and ~
Gay bridge or between there ana the
c. and o. passenger depot in Lou
lisa. Return to L. 7. Mcclure. Lou
la XIV Liberal reward
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

Speaking OF 'quiet" weddings, one
occurred at Louisville hotel re-
Gently when couple of deaf mutes.
graduates of the Kentucky School,
for the Deaf, we're married by a
minister who could neither speak
nor hear. or tho fourteen persons
,reseut all but three were dear
mutea.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21
special Thanksgiving Dinner.

Soup-Tomato Boullion
Roast Turkey with Oyster Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Scalloped- Corn
Sphagetu Italian Mustard siaW
Parker House Rolls
Bread Pudding with Lemon Sauce
Cocoanut Cream Pie
Bread. Butter, Coffee or Milk
Dinner 25c Lunches zoe
J. T. RIGSBY,
Barnett's Old Stand, Louisa, Ky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Brook and two chill
dren, from Virginia. have come 10
Louisa for residence and are occu-
pytng the house on Lock-av, lately
vacated by II. C. Osborn. Mr.. Brook
holds a responsible place with the
N. aud w.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

George II. Burgess left sunday for
versailles, Ky, where he went
20 assist a friend in getting mar
ried. He will probably participate IN
some away up" Masonic doings in
CoxIngton
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

Have new hat made out of your
old one by the up-to-date trimmer
now at Justices store, near depot
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-11-21

We only ask to show you, me
difference in quality and prices VIII
do the rest Pierces.