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ESQUIRE GALLERY NO. 64
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by JOE DE MERS
To those for whom a complete bend from the hips is a tour de force, the sight of this lithesome dancer is striking for its limberness alone. Quite obviously, however, suppleness is not her only claim for mas- culine attention. Those ballerina limbs-a living and complete refu- tation of the superstition that dancing makes the muscles unlovely-
would be sure to curry favor from even the drugstore and burlesque- emporium set. Were it known, there are undoubted thousands who stampede to the ballet (at four dollars per copy) not so much to hear the music, delight in the settings, or admire the Terpsichore, but rather to marvel at the physical perfection of the girls of the twirls.