Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — Before Women Danced Ballet. [ARTICLE]

Before Women Danced Ballet.

Roman actors attained wonderful perfection in the ballet about the time of Augustus, and ballet dancing was popular down to the last days of the empire. It was only In the latter and more degenerate days that women appeared on the stage.