THE POPE AND THE TANGO.
'A DENIAL.. ' By Telceraph—Press Association—CotiTriEl 1 Rome, February 9. A high authority declares 'that the story regarding tlx© Pope and the Tango is an invention. The Paris newspaper. "Le Temps" recently stated that,, after <jiiestionuig several persons regarding the 'alleged immorality of. the Taiigo, daftce. th-o Popo decided to judge for himself. • Two youthful aristocrat* gave. His Holiness a demonstration, and at the. end the Pope said:' "Well, my dear chj.ldreft, you take amusements Tery sadly." He advised them" to substitute the Venetian {wi-lima for the Tango. , "Le Temps" added that the furlana had already been practised in Paris. It . was called "the Pope s dance."'
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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111THE POPE AND THE TANGO. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 7
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