Evening star., 1914-08-23
HARRY Hills -BuRLEsQrE

POLLS NEW PLAYERS.-Miss Ada
Sherman has just been placed under con-
tract to play leading character roles at
Polls Theater the coming season. She
will make her debut with the company
tomorrow afternoon. Miss Sherman has
been identified with the best stock or
ganizations in the United States. Her
first appearance was at the Burbank
Theater In Los Angeles, where she es-
tablished a reputation. She played lead
ing roles in the famous old Murray Hill
Stock Company of New York. in Fore
paugh & keith's organization in Phila-
delphia, was an important member of the
Alcazar Stock Company in San Fran
cisco and created important roles in New
York productions. under the direction of
Daniel Frohman. Miss Sherman made
her stage debut in 1895 as Dolly Dutton
in Hazel Kirk" Her last big role in
touring company was that of Mrs. Carr
in stop Thief which she played until
the end of the season just closed.
William H. Evarts, who Joined the
Poll Players last week will make his first
appearance with the company in Girls.
He has played more than 1000 different
roles in the course of his theatrical ac-
tivity. and his character interpretations
have ranged from comic opera to legiti-
mate drama. including considerable ex-
perience in vaudeville, burlesque and mu-
sicai comedy. His first important en-
SdSeiHtul was III SuppuTl OI JOSSpH Jel-
ferson. the elder, at Stetson's Globe Thea
ter in Boston. He has played leading
roles in support of Roland Reed. Frank
Daniels and other noted stars. Mr..
Evarts has just ended an engagement Of
ninety-eight consecutive weeks with the
Academy of Music Stock Company in
New York.
STORY OF A LION cUB-"It is pos
sible to rear a lion SO that 1t will be tame
and harmless until 1t is two years DID,
says Paul ]. Rainey.
II know this says Mr.. Rainey. ''as the
result of an experiment which was forced
upon me.
''In one of my hunts l killed a magnif-
cent female lion. Soon after ] came upon
litter OF three cubs which I judged to
be about three weeks old We did not
have the heart to kill them and we did
not want to leave them to starve. SO we
took them with us and tried to raise
them on bottle.
"A pair Of great danes which we carried
took kindly to the cubs and shared their
bed at night. Two of the cubs, how
ever. soon died, but the third proved to
be the most hardy. He was a milk f1end
until he was three or four months old.
After that we fed him with the same
kind OF food We gave to the hounds, care
ful not to let him get the scent or taste
of raw meat lest 1t arouse the wild
animal instinct and prove dangerous
'The little cub romped around and re-
sembled an overgrown Newfoundland
puppy. My relations with him were ex-
actly those of master and dog. He fol-
lowed me about constantly except at such
times as We had to tie him up for fear he
might meet with some of his feline family
From the age of about five months he
always stretched himself at the foot of
my couch. like faithful watchdog, and
no one could come near my room without
first calling to me. This continued until
he was about two years old. He was SO
tame that / had trained him to do a
number of tricks.
"One day while we were out tracking
lions he broke away from the hounds.
We all saw him race across the veldt and
thought he had scented track, but,
when the hounds followed and followed,
our little cub had disappeared in the
thick copse and we never saw him again.
Whether he was overcome and killed by
a more powerful beast, or just deliberate
~ wandered off by instinct into the heart
of the jungle with some Of his fellow
kind, could never determine