Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-14 | Page 17 | Failure to Buy Cage is Expensive

I FAILURE TO BUY CAGE IS EXPENSIVE Woman Who Purchased Young Lion for Pet Haa Costly Experience. Ex-perience. Special Cable to The Tribune. PARIS, Sept. 13. A former favorite ln tho Paris music halls, who, ln the decline de-cline of her glory acquired a wild beast show, had a singular adventure recently, recent-ly, when she came up from St. Germain to buy n Hon cub at tho Jardln d'Ac-cllmatatlon d'Ac-cllmatatlon the Paris "Zoo." In striking a bargain she tried to Induce In-duce the authorities to Include a cage In which to tako her now purchase away. This meant more money, however, and she took tho young Hon away In her arms, and boarded a tramcar with It. The animal scratched her, however, and made hor release her hold. It then scampered away playfully Into the Bols de Boulogne, and boforo It could be captured It had killed a fox torrlcr and a deer hound. Tho ex-dancer now realizes that her economy was a false one. for she had to pay for the two dogs, and had aleo to finish tho Journey to St. Germain In a laxlcab, with tho Hon cub lying, safely tied up. Inside.