THE TANGO DANCE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 January 1914, Page 5

THE TANGO DANCE.

CONDEMNED IN FRANCE.

By Eleoteio Telegraph—Copyright] iails—Sydney Sun Special Cables,

(Received 8 a.m.) Paris, January 11

The Catholic Primate has caused dismay by publishing a solemn exhortation condemning the Tango, its nature being wanton and offensive to morals. He-warns confessors to take tho Tango into account during their ministrations, and requests Parisians to observe Christian modesty.

There is a word to be said in favor of the Tango after all, according to one of London’s best experts on dancing. He considers that there are really two distinct types, which should not be confounded. First, that of the stage, in which the dip, the slide, and many fancy steps may be with propriety introduced, and the real ballroom variety, free from the dip and wholly dissociates! from the objectionable features which caused so many good Peeresses to rush into print upon the subject. It will ho most popular, he says, and at least a dozen dainty steps will have to ho mastered before the dancer is an adept. Partners will take just tho same position as in the waltz, and tho only variation of this —and a pretty one. ton —is when the lady takes her partner’s hands over her shoulders and dances a few steps in front of him. This dance, he concludes, depends upon tin* dancing, and for the matter of that, any dance can he made objectionable at will. We are I therefore to believe that, the right I Tango is dainty and pretty, consequently everyone who is anyone in Paris, Vienna, and Berlin, is taking Tango lessons. Then think how it [shows the dress off! Not a frill gets crushed, and so the lightest and most airy materials can he worn and worn and worn again.