A PERENNIALLY young man has been writing a. book. In it he refers to a film actress, and he says "Her challenge to the male is elemental, like the Dance of the Seven Veils. Can you strip her of her poise? Can anyone strip her of her poise?"
These questions betray such an agony, of mind that someone should tell him, There are hundreds of ways. A really swinging demand for income tax is one. A drawing-pin, left point upwards on a chair, is another. But Ae who wants to strip the poor girl of her poise, anyway?
Incidentally, to be challenged" elementally, forget the Dance of the Seven Veils. Give him a hearty dig in the ribs, a paper tickler under the chin, and a provocatively loud "Fancy being shy of girls! And such a big boy, tool"
That dance is much too genteel.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.