As a child, Lim originally learned to play the piano—like so many children—and also the violin, but when she was 11 her teachers encouraged her to start composing.
It's been used to make everything from jewelry to figurines, to piano keys, but it's also led to the decimation of some elephant species by poachers, people who illegally killed the animals for their ivory.
She played the piano excellently, she sang sweetly, she discussed intelligently, and all the time her flashing eyes, rich black curls and fine figure attracted glances from every gentleman in the room.