. Wild-animal celebrities. st 6 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES have to allow such an animal in such closeproximity, and also the marvelous control shemust have over the lion to make him keep sostill. This lion Tula was nearly always amiableand affectionate when with her, but with themen, and on rare occasions with her, he wouldsuddenly flare out with such a burst of pas-sion that he was by no means an animal tobe trusted. And yet, at the end of her per-formance, Miss Heliot would take this lionon her shoulders—he weighed nearly five hun-dred pounds—and carry him off the stage!I asked her one day how
. Wild-animal celebrities. st 6 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES have to allow such an animal in such closeproximity, and also the marvelous control shemust have over the lion to make him keep sostill. This lion Tula was nearly always amiableand affectionate when with her, but with themen, and on rare occasions with her, he wouldsuddenly flare out with such a burst of pas-sion that he was by no means an animal tobe trusted. And yet, at the end of her per-formance, Miss Heliot would take this lionon her shoulders—he weighed nearly five hun-dred pounds—and carry him off the stage!I asked her one day how she managed to doit, and she told me she had had him since hewas a young cub; that she had begun to carryhim in this manner when he was quite smalland that, by constantly doing it day by day,she had been able to bear as heavy a weightas five hundred pounds on her shoulders,keep it there and walk across the floor withit for a few minutes. Towards strangers this lion was anythingbut amiable. I was in the lions stable one. Claire Heliot and Her Lion Yula, who is by noMeans an Animal to be Trusted LIONS 7 day talking with Miss Heliot while some re-pairs were being done to the floor of thestables. Consequently it was necessary for meto pass close to the lions cages on one sideor the other to get into the place at all. MissHeliot stopped my even attempting to do itas she said they would be sure to catch mewith their paws. So she stood in front of her favorite lion,with both hands spread her skirts out to theirwidest extent, and then told me to go did, but that lion noticed it instantly and,like a flash of lightning, tried to get his pawround Miss Heliots skirts and catch she talked to him about it reprovinglyand the lions whole manner altered in themost wonderful manner. When he had leapedup and pushed his paw out through the barshis eyes blazed and his mouth opened a lit-tle, while his whole attitude told of angerand defiance; but, when Miss Heliot talkedto him he p
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