"Did you make Irish lace?"
"Yes."
She identified a design shown her as one she made when eight years old.
"Who made the hat you are now wearing?"
"I did."
The hat was a peach-basket affair. A design of lace was shown her and she said she was the maker, as well as the designer.
She testified she won prizes in Ireland for fancy lace-making. She said she originated several designs.
Miss Gingles said she remained in Montreal two days, later going to Belleville, Ontario, where she worked as a cook. From there she went to Toronto. She visited a sister in Michigan, coming direct from there to Chicago about November 15, 1908.
"What did you do here?"
"I went to work as a chambermaid at the Wellington hotel. I stayed there a week."