RE FLORE ET ZEPHYR DE LA MEURTHE DAUMIER

"FLORA AND Zephir (de la Meurthe.)
He sways slightly,
Foot barely touching the water:
Flora admires in silence
Says: Ah! credit that is beautiful!
Anacreon translated by Ratapoil, retired police colonel,

a member of society belles lettres at Chalons sur Marne

and the company's tenth day of December in Paris."

Thurston Robert Macaire Howell,

alias the Maverick Executive,

landing in a forest glade.

(The early ballet, Flore et Zephyr, was the origin of ballerinas going en pointe, as the technology of this ballet allowed them, and their partners, as the above image attests, to fly through the air on wires, and poise momentarily on the tips of their toes. Later dancers developed special shoes and techniques to achieve the effect without the wires.)