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Show Woman Saved From Tar Pit LOS ANGELES. Dec. 1 OfA-Mrs. OfA-Mrs. Alice Harris, 40. was recovering recov-ering today from the near fatal experience of falling into the black oose of one of the historic La Brea tar pits. Mrs. Harris' plight was caused by her desire to rescue her dog ! from the pit. Unheeding the warning aigns at the railing, she walked on what she thought waa the firm aurface. only to find herself her-self mired in aticky pitch, tha same aubstance that aucked hundreds hun-dreds of prehistoric animals to their grave at that spot. . A park foreman and a crew of laborers succeeded in reaching her after she had sunk in to her armpits. The dog waa not found. |