El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-05

& VERY piquant and unusual romance
~ 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"
Its unusual character is largely due to
its bearing upon eugenlc science. the
science Of rearing finer race. Eugenic
scientists viii 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 a beautiful figure. By the long prac-
tise Of the art Of dancing she has devel-
Oped It 70 q point that is nearly perfec-
ton. 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 Uan en-
dure the most tremendous eAertions,
which would PROSTATE an ordinary man.
With Miss ST. Denis the cultivation of
her body is a religion. She gives the same
minute care to her toes as to the express
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 J. Lately she has been giving Egyptian
and japanese dances.
In her dances Miss St. Denis literally
displays the eugenic charms she has In
herited and cultivated, adjoining them
merely with a little gauze 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 a
professor Of physical culture IN the best
sense.
These facts show that Miss St. Denis is
remarkably well qualified to be the pro
genitor Of a more beautiful race.
The other party to this eugenic union,
Edwin Myers Shawn, is also a dancer. He
has usually performed In Greek dances,
which have lately been very popular and
give LAb DbbL opportunity LUZ u1SpAdg AuB
manly beauty.
Tied" 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
lngly rounded and carries a small but well
proportional head with regular features
and a 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 a Greek faun in a
Greek dance, surrounded with nymphs.
He wore only a 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 &C
count Of their artistic engagements. When
the marriage was announced, Miss St
Denis said Of her husband:
He is the first man 1 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
'Ong, beautiful dance for as both"