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Table "stand up" promotional card with Lilly Christine "The Cat Girl" in her prime.
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Lilly Christine True Burlesque What Killed the Cat

Lilly Christine isn't a bad stripper (excuse me, "belly dancer") name, especially when your real handle is Martha Theresa Pompender. Known far and wide (at least from Bourbon Street to Dumaine) as the Cat Girl, she is shown here tanned,  flexing and greased.  Lilly was born in 1923 and lived only 42 years. It was rumored she committed suicide, but it was Peritonitis which killed the 37C-22-35 cat. Guess what contributes to Peritonitis? Having a washboard stomach (diffuse abdominal rigidity) and excess flexing of one's hips. Clearly the Cat had some serious workplace disability. These moves do not come without flexing the abdominals. And that's what the Cat did. 

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