| Show GIRL ARE 01 LIONS A onal scene that was no ion on the program in a pans paris mus c hall pans paris TWO women fell into a cage of lions in the apollo a new music hall only recently opened and were nearly eaten up the spectacle was much more sensational than had been intended by the program the two women were tightrope dancers and were supposed to perform a series of clever feats on a rope stretched across the stage and under which there was a big cage with two lions the tot tol of the cage was left open so that the lions could see the women perform ing over their heads and the public could at the same time enjoy the de sensation of terror the lions as a rule took no interest in the teats feats of the tightrope walkers however they suddenly awakened from their indifference when the rope snapped in twain in the middle of a performance and the unhappy women fell literally into the jaws of the lions the wild beasts naturally did not under understand stant the situation and mauled and clawed the women terribly one of the worn wom en had presence of mind enough to remain prostrate on the floor of the cage and succeeded in crawling out while her companion was so ent as to stand up and was being mangled by the lions the audience was in a panic women screamed wita terror and fainted after consider abl efforts the remaining woman was finally rescar from the cage |
