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Show H BALLET RUSSE H Flore Revalles, the principal mime of the cele- H hrated Serge de Diaghileff Ballet Husse which will H be seen here in December, makes possible an- M other paradox, the angularity of grace. H When Max Beerbohm, the English essayist, re- H marked that instead of unveiling our statues H some public spirited body should go round and H veil many of them, It Is quite obvious that he had H not seen the unveiling of Flore Revalles in "Cleo- H patre." In the ballet, before the story of "Cleo- H patre" has progressed very far the stage direction H balls for the removal of part of the garment of H the Sapphire Queen of the Nile. The heavily bro- H -caded outercovering is easily unpinned, but as the remaining 200 yards or so of costly veiling is i swathed about iMlle. (Revalle's matchless figure in the manner of a mummy's bandages, it must be carefully unwound. This requires the assistance of two handmaidens, and while the statuesque queen stands, erect in the center of the stage, these two beautiful girls, by revolving in opposite directions, di-rections, unveil "Cleopatre." This is the most gorgeous and spectacular ever given. |