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Show GIRL FASCINATE8 A LION. Fair Dancer Patted Affectionately, but Her Face Is Scratched. So great was tho Impression which a fascinating dancer mado on a lion whllo sho was paying a visit to n music mu-sic hall where It was performing that tho animal, after contemplating her for somo time, got on Its legs, moved off In her direction, nnd, putting Its paws through the bars of Its cage, took hold of her head and patted her face affectionately. Unfortunately, Samson had reckoned reckon-ed without his claws, which toro tho tender skin of the pretty dancer. Inflicting In-flicting scats, the traces of which will. In nil probability, nover disappear, This result of what would otherwlso havo been regarded as a good Joke, not being llkoly It) enhance the professional pro-fessional attractiveness of tho graceful grace-ful Spaniard, sho has tnken legal action ac-tion against tho proprietor of tho placo of entertainment, putting In a claim for damages to the amount ot 32.000, Tho caso hns Just been brought before be-fore ono of the Paris courts, but, as tho defendant Is nbroad on business, tbo hearing has been adjourned until November, when the Judges may havo a better opportunity for forming an exact opinion of tho Injury which tho charms of the fair plaintiff havo sustained sus-tained at the paws ot tho eusccptlblo Samson. i i |