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Little Rats. The world's oldest ballet company had come a long way from the days of Voltaire's Camargo, who was the first dancer to shorten her skirts, and Marie Sallé, who, in 1734, shocked a London correspondent into reporting that "she has dared to appear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Great Tradition | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

At 31 Betty knows perfectly well what she can do, and she knows what her fans expect of her. It has been said that the Grable legend is so secure that she could play an entire picture in an iron lung (Technicolored, of course) and send her admirers away happy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Living the Daydream | 8/23/1948 | See Source »

Last January his Lee Skirt Co. was turning out women's and misses' skirts at a good clip of 400 dozen a week. By last week, Lee Skirt had upped production more than 200%-1,250 dozen a week. U.S. department stores were taking the entire output. Retailing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMALL BUSINESS: What Most Women Want | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

Pat on the Back. Smart management has enabled Lee Skirt to take up rising costs and then some. Despite an addition of three inches to the length of most skirts and a 5?-a-yard rise in flannel, it is currently selling one all-wool flannel item at 15% less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SMALL BUSINESS: What Most Women Want | 8/16/1948 | See Source »

No Cure for Hunger. In the dark street outside, brightened only by the headlights of the dignitaries' cars, a score or so of Germans watch curiously. A woman mutters savagely: "The Russian women have dresses on now. but you can see they still aren't used to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: INTERMEZZO | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

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