Jim, a full grown, bushy-haired lion of the breed that is often seen stalking majestically across the movie screen in jungle scenes, caused more commotion and excitement recently in the Hotel Belle-claire, Seventy-seventh Street and Broadway, where he is sharing a suite of rooms on the first floor with his owner, than that hostelry ever dreamed of experiencing. Jim is the pet of Thomas R. Zann, a retired lumber merchant of Leavenworth, Wash., and both are on their way to Africa.
made his.début in the Belleclaire one afternoon a few ago in a large canvas-case through an_ open The management thought the case contained a piano until the following morning. when Mr Zann called up the clerk and asked that 15 Ib. of raw beefsteak, "the best in the house," be sent up immediately.
Albert Father, the manager, hurried upstairs to see what sort of guest wanted 15 Ib. of raw beefsteak for breakfast. He rang the
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