Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-22
VERY piquant and unusual romance

~ mas Deen brought 10 nappy
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
SIS bearing upon eugenlc 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 IL are almost perfect specimens of
humanity.
Miss ste Denis was endowed by nature
with beautiful figure. BY the long prac-
tise of the art OF dancing she has devel-
oped 1t to a 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 30 strong that she IAN en-
dure the most tremendous sAertions,
which would PROSTATE an ordinary man.
With Miss St. Denis the culti,a,lon Of
her body Is religion. She gives the same
minute care to her toes as to the express
sion Of her eyes.
0n0 WHo liO MAot 0hntDA w AAbtOee~S
the charm and mystery of Hindu dancing
10 the European and American public.
other forms Of Oriental dancing had al
ready become popular, hut the subtlest OF
all. the Hindu art, WAS first Interpreted
for Us by this American girl from Newark,
N. ]. Lately she has been giving Egyptian
and Japanese dances.
displays the eugenic charms she has In
herited and cultivated, adjoining them
merely with little gauze and colored
Jewels. but so admirable Is her art that
no one thinks Of being shocked by the
expression OF II.
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 well qualified TO be the pro-
genitor OF a more beautiful race.
The other party 20 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.
aTed" Shawn. as his friends call him,
has been compared TO the Apollo Belyi'
dere, TO the Hermes of Praxiteies. and 10
other famous models OF classic beauty.
He has an exquisitely graceful and sym.
metrical pair OF legs His neck Is charm
ingiy rounded and carries a small but well
proportional head with regular features
and broad. smooth brow. It Is difficult
to pick out any special feature for praise
because ne Is so very tremendously de-
veloped.
Young Shawn looked particularly fasci
mating when he played a Greek faun In q
Greek dance, surrounded with nymphs
He wore only little leopard's skin round
his graceful torso. Miss st. Denis saw
him then and fell hopelessiy in love with
him. She could not bear TO think Of leav
ing him alone with those nymphs.
They we're married soon after, but KEEP
the matter secret for some time on &C
count OF their artistic engagements. Wher
the marriage was announced, Miss st
Denis said OF her husband:
'.He Is the first man | 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 win be just one
long, beautiful dance for us both"