Show W WHEN H EN I WAS VAS TWENTY ONE BY JOSEPH KAY PAYE KAYAt At 21 Alfred 21 Alfred C. C C Gilbert lbert Inventor of Structural Toy Paid Way Through Yale Val Literally by Magic u A T O I I entered CIA f Vale Pale paying my way In with savings so from rny my earnings as a n flagman thug flag man mall on Oil tho the Northern Pacific During the tho first few months at nt college col lege tege I paid my eXpenses expenses by waiting on em the tho table and taking care core of ot the time furnaces fur fur- naces Then I 1 earned enough to curry carry mo mu through by giving entertainments entertainment's of magical tricks trick's which 1 t had taught It early In to life The money I 1 made that way while nt Vale Tale was five 11 dollars the rOo re remuneration for tor entertaining nt lit a u chil children's childrens hll dren's drens party arty Alfred Alfred U. U Jilbert TODAY Y lOD Mr Gilbert Is time till Jm Inventor and lIlli manufacturer of tile the most popular boys boy's toy loy that has bus been devised n a toy consisting of I metal crosspieces w mich the boy Loy can III build Into structures of various kinds It Is said to be he the biggest t selling to toy for buys today tOllay and has bus become a standard children's childrens Mr Gilbert got the tho Idea for fur this tills toy vv while title ho lie was passing by lIy byu bya u n signal tower tuwer built of steel beams Yale Tale Mr Ir Gilbert graduated as asa asa a n doctor he substituted the tho devising und and manufacturing of ot accessories fur for professional magicians stage e magic being being be ing his first love lo and dating from the time day lJay wh whIm when n lie ire when he received received re rr- n a set Et of or magical tricks for magazine mag mag- magazine azine subscriptions Q i b by McClure McClur Newspaper Syndicate |