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THE NEW CRAZE AMONG BERLIN . . . LADIES. ... Berlin, February ,24. Berlin society has discovered a new fad, thanks to the performances of a Miss Duncan, an American, lady, who interprets classical music by dancing with her feet destitute of shoes or stockings... . ... ... , :l ... , ;t>A Miss Duncan told me that the ■gospel of beauty preached,by.her,"classical dances has certainly not been lost on Berlin society, and declared that it is a Common occurrence foi Berlin ladies boasting.pretty feet to, appear at private entertainments in sandals. She declined, however, to divulg'e the fiames Sf the fair exponents of the cult. ( , ~ Miss Duncan announces to-day that her wealthy patronesses have decided to build a Greek theatre to be devoted to .her peculiar style of the terpsichorean art. • This would appear to confirm the statement that not a few Berlin ladies tread stofckinglefes in the graceful steps of the American.dancer. A fashionable chiropodist of Charlotteriburg states that at an amateur performance of classical play's at thl house of a wellknown sculptor laSt Week his services were more in 'demand than those of the hairdressers. - >
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12242, 11 April 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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