Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-07-25 | Page 6 | The African Woman Who Faced and Fought a Lion

The African Woman Wl Who n Faced and Fought a I F Jinn inn 1 I T t DESTINN tho the famous 1 EMMY r prams donna has gone Into history a as having haYing faced a n. lion unafraid and the proof of at It t Is to a 1 photograph that shows tho the singer er In the tho attitude of ot care caressing sing the king of ot beasts who seems sleepily beatified b by tho the performance T That at might misfit have havo been because to US use tho the words of ot one ono of or the veracious newspaper historians silo she lulled the tho fierce blood blood- passion lor lof of the Jungle monster b by her ber magic of at song ong Tho The dusk dusky lady of which we Wc hero here give he a 1 fair lair portrait unlike her white whito sister met a n. lion that was neither receptive of ot music nor Inclined to doze at tho the touch ather of at her hl hands nd The difference was wa that It happened not to be a tamed lion Uon but hut a real Jungle monster with a n tierce l passion blood That tho the i Masai l woman lived hived to be an upright photographic exhibit Is considered something short of or marvellous mar There are aro some sonic mere theorists who contend that had tho the African woman the cultivated gift girt of ot the tho grand opera singer that she Indeed might have havo charmed the tho marauding beast into fawning docility Music ma may have havo charms to tho the savage breast t and likewise tho the savage age beast bet ro- ro marl marks s Allen Sangree tho the storywriter story storywriter storywriter writer who has travelled and hunted extensively ely In Africa But to those who have havo loved roved In t th tIl Jungle It Is scarcely debatable whether a classic or a n ragtime song ong after atter the best African African can mode would stay a n hungry lion out for tor a midnight supper Men who enjoy an intimate acquaintance wit lions hone and ha hav ba ro had lied to observe the experiment tell m that tho the big cats make no response e to musical appeal unless appeal unless 1 I Ibe b be e to try to mako make a meal of at the must clans lans c 1 v r 1 i alp t f ft r t II j jf f l 1 T The Masai Woman as fiS Shown in a Photograph Made After the Fight A h And so It might have havo been lucky Y after all that the Masai woman who whoa e a was guarding a a. man atta or ot native 8 S dwelling could not and did not sing aa sa she was suddenly faced t by the lion Hon But she sho fought desperately ng against the tho beast and was terribly mauled before It was vas driven off oft The scars on her head hend are arc only a few tew of or tho the evidences evi- evi dences of the Injuries she received Tho The racial thickness s of or tho the skull 11 In this Instance at least was nor hor salva salva- tion ties