The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06

pleasant for her, when she wanted to
go up north and write up the big Goa.
strike from the standpoint of the strill-
ers starving wives. and another was
afraid she might hurt herself if she
yentured over the North sea in an aero
plane. Meanwhile she prevented the wolf
from getting in for while by posing
for poster artist zone of the most popu-
lar three sheets in the tube, which
adYertises a compound used in every
household, iromortalizes her figure and to
some extent, her lineaments) and about
this time, when Bostoek advertised for
a girl to learn lion tanning, Hilda Gil
bert answered the advertisement, but
never got any reply.
"Would YOU really have tanned lions %
/ demanded when she told about this
II would have tried was the matter
of fact reply.
1t was in December of last year thar
she tried for a part in the chorus of
Renhardts Miracle then being
staged a the London Olympia, and gor
it, That colossal production, which
played to empty benches for the first
few weeks, eventually caught on and
ran until March, so for 12 weeks this
piquant little American woman was a
demure little nun at a salary of $5.25
per week. incidentally she made
friend of one of the men concerned in
the production and that is how she
came to be next a waitress at 3 shil-
lings or $3.25 week in a London tea
shop During the run of the Miracle"
by the bye an idea for a novel music
hall dance with Persian effects had oc-
CURED to this quick witted little lady
and Immediately she was free she com
menced unwnding the many yards of
red tape which have to be loosened
before one can gain admission TO the
Oriental room of the British museum,
and once ensconced there, began
lengthy study Of Persian illuminated
manuscripts in connection with her
idea She got through loo of them be-
fore she had material enough and then
failed TO sell the act. Perhaps she may
do it for herself when she gets to
India and begins entertaining rajahs
and such. as she proposes to do, but
Just at that time ii looked as if she
again had had her work for nothing
The wolf loped over and squatted down
only a 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 teashop 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 ii Is a place of
the better class which caters princi-
pally to the men on the nearby stock
exchange. Mrs. Gilberts "Miracle"
friend knows the woman who runs it
and had been told she needed another
assistant He suggested to the Amer
lean 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,
the Buffalo mans daughter applied for
the vacant job and got It. The wage
agreed upon was exactly what the
other girls got, VIZ 10 shillngs
week and their luncheon and tea, hut
when IL got noised about that he new
waistress was an American girl who
was beating her way round the world.
business al the tea shop got 50 brisk
that the Hebe from L. s. \. felt JUS
tilted in asking for a substantial