THE REAL TANGO.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2005, 12 March 1914, Page 2

THE REAL TANGO.

Last wc-e-k hiiiidrcds of fafihieii-a.hl.y-' di-essed ladies crowded into the- Opera House .and witnessed a mild aiid sedate —not- to say dull--damce, which the exponent described as nkiii to the minuet, hut- which bo-re not the slightest >*- seaibianco to that fthas'iijing old English- dance. It was- not evcjl as lively as.the maattrita.pt tho barn-dance, and, as for any element of sviggcstiwyness—well, onc.pei'son who witnessed the pacing couples renjst'W' that "it iv-oti-M feed out of the hand."'

That Was said to be tlic tanga, but it is not the tango of the Argentine gaucho ami hi*' "mavja:" Isi- front of the Argentine ranobo ou a rjuiot moonlight night one spes another tango;. T!m gutrfio whirls Ills partner round' iii a frantic movement. _ The -doffs howl mid bark whilst tho guitars play, ami ivbea tli,o men have swojlfiwcd glass after glass of ''ftgtfar-tliejJtc doble" ttia scene not infrequently winds up with an improvised diiol with the kniffl between tvvo of the guast's, mo of whom.is sure to rise no frore from the ground; The women, soreain, the dim lamps go oat. the giuichos leap oh' tlicir Ivatses attd iialfop away, ?ea\*inj» the man to. be buried by soma uowl Samaritan tho nest nwi , jiiiig*~iiact this is tte real tangc*. '