The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-22
VERY piquant and unusual romance

A has been brought to a happy climax by the marriage of Miss Ruth St. Denis, the charming Oriental dancer, and Edwin Myers Shawn, called "the handsomest man in America"
 It's unusual character is largely due to its bearing upon eugenic science, the science of rearing finer race. Eugenic scientists will watch this marriage with closer attention probably than they have ever given to any union, for the two par ties to it are almost perfect specimens of humanity.
 Miss St. Denis was endowed by nature with beautiful figure. By the long prac- tise of the art of dancing she has devel- oped 1t to point that is nearly perfec- tion. Day after day for many years she has danced with figure untrammelled by clothing. Though she is exquisitely grace full, she is also so strong that she can en- dure the most tremendous eAertions, which would prostrate an ordinary man.
 With Miss St. Denis the cultI, atiun of her body is religion. She gives the same minute care to her toes as to the expres- sion of her eyes.
 She was the first dancer to introduce the charm and mystery of Hindu dancing to the European and American public. Other forms of Oriental dancing had al ready become popular, but the subtlest of all the Hindu art, was first interpreted for us by this American girl from NewarK, N. Lately she has been giving Egyptlan and Japanese dances.
 In her dances Miss St. Denis lberally fha a,to charms she mas ln- herited and cultivated, adorning them merely with little gauge and colored Jewels. but so admirable is her art that no one thinks of being shocked by the expression of it.
 The teachers of the Hindu school Of dancing, which Miss St. Denis has studied so thoroughly, pay great attention to the care of health, especially to the practise of deep breathing. Hindu dancer IS professor of physical culture in the best sense
 These facts show that Miss St. Denis is remarkably we'll qualified to be the pro- genitor of more beautiful race.
 The other party to this eugenic union, Edwin Myers Shawn, is also dancer. He has usually performed in Greek dances which have lately been very popular and give the best opportunity for displaying manly beauty.
 "Ted" Shawn, as his friends call him, has been compared to the Apollo Belvi- dere to the Hermes of Praxiteles, and to other famous models of classic beauty.
 He has an exquisitely graceful and sym metrical pair of legs. His neck is charm ingly rounded and carries a small but well proportioned head with regular features and broad, smooth brow. It is difficult to pick out any special feature for praise, because he is so very harmoniously de- veloped.
 Young Shawn looked particularly fasci- mating when he played Greek faun in Greek dance, surrounded with nymphs. He wore only little leopard's skin round his graceful torso. Miss St. Denis saw him then and fell hopelessly in love with him. She could not bear to think of leav- ing him alone with those nymphs.
 They were married soon after but kept the matter secret for some time on ac- count of their artistic engagements When { the marriage was announced, Miss St. Denis said of her husband:
 : He is the first man l ever loved. He simply danced himself into my heart. We shall be happy, because we love the same thing-our art. Temperament cannot come between us. Yes, life will be just one long, beautiful dance for us both"