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Neither were the animals 'doped.' I prayed to God to protect me and went into the cage. Picked out 'George' because he looked the kindest; played the scene with my heart in my mouth, and came out of the cage, and then I began to tremble, and did so for two hours.
"I had just recovered from a severe attack of pneumonia and I thought if God did not want me 'then' he would not want me a few weeks later. As I said, I prayed before I entered the cage, and I felt incased by about two foot of something, and strange to say — before the picture was taken the lions walked around me and did not come within two feet of me. I thought it was the presence of the great 'Something' that watches over us all. It was my 'duty' to the dear Vitagraph Company to 'do it' and I 'did' it. Though I must say I don't think another man in the company would have risked his life in the same cause.
"Trusting you are well, and with the compliments of the coming season, believe me, sincerely yoiirs — Charles Kent.
"P. S. — I was thrown into the den from above. The den was enclosed by an iron railing for the protection of the 'crowd outside.' If the beasts had been so inclined they could have had a hearty meal, for I was certainly 'alone.' C. K."
After reading this letter can anyone wonder any longer at the extraordinary condition now prevailing in the amusement world? If Mr. Kent would undertake such an exploit in sheer appreciation of "the dear Vitagraph Company," why marvel because Mary Pickford refuses fabulous offers to induce her to change her environment — or because three of our best stage di