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Show SPENDS NIGHT AS A WAITRESS a s) 0 SATS IT'S ALL GREEK TO HER MISS MARGUERITE CASE, 17, who says that she longs for a career. ftjl J vS W - ''fit 1 er ' I ft' ! M w ; V ft IBMSifppf i lllflliiiililllll pa Marguerite Case, 17, Wants to Be Writer; Seeks Locale in Hellenic Quarter. 41 long for a career; social life has no attraction for me; I -want to write," exclaimed Mies Marguerite - Case, 17. pretty and precocious, and the daughter of Robert A. Case, a salesman with headquarters head-quarters in the Kenyon hotel. "A career is everything, and I went out to seek it, she said in explaining her overnight absence from home which brought about a city-wide search for her by her parent and the police Friday night and a part of yesterday. The young woman wo-man returned late yesterday, unattended and none the worse from her experience, bubbling with confidence, and eager to give the newspapers a first account of a night in a Greek restaurant. Miss Case then narrated her adventures adven-tures of Friday night, showing how a woman's wo-man's ambition, however seemingly impossible im-possible and far away, may be realized, providing she has the necessary pluck, perseverance, and unconcern for the opinion of others. "I want to write,' she repeated, "and I was looking for some local color for my story. The district in Salt Lake known as Greek town, situated on the west side, suggested a picturesque locale. "In a Friday morning newspaper I saw a want ad for a waitress at 45S West Second Sec-ond South street, right in the heart of the Greek colonv. Without a penny in my pocket, I left the hotel and went to the number in the advertisement, and my destination proved to be a Greek coffee house." Miss Case then told how she had made application for the position and was accepted ac-cepted at a salary of $9 a week. "Everything was Greek to me," she eaid, "but it didn't take me long to learn the names of the various foods I had to serve." , , , . Miss Case worked until 1:80 o clock Saturday Sat-urday morning, making careful observations observa-tions of the conditions surrounding her. Saturday she worked from 11 o'clock until 2 and went direct from the coffee house to The Tribune offices. Here she related her experiences and asked If she might be permitted, to write her story. Miss Case came to Salt Lake City Christmas day to live with her father, who has been a resident of Salt Lake for the past five years. The father and mother are separated. The mother, who was a Louisville. Ky., beauty, is living with two children in New York City. Miss Case had been a pupil In the Providence convent, Chicago, where she studied dancing, languages and dramatic art. Though her father Is unwilling that she make any more excursions like the one to Greek town, he nevertheless declared his intention of co-operating with Marguerite in every reasonable way to enable his daughter to realize her ambitions to the full. |