, 1881-11-06
Dancing tho CsaFdaN.

1t must have been nearly o'clock. a late hour
tur so rural II spot. when the gypsies, after 81
melancholy alr, which instantly recognized
| from the peculiar rhythm-to be Hungarian.
Iair by pair the dancers appro,ched ths band,
Until Il dense ring WIS furued close to the mu-
] E!c- For IL Casarstas only TWO people are neces-
vary, although; as in u waltz, i my be tnncs1 .l
| whist by pnctns hand On either side. while her
hands rest on his shoV 'crS. . that they front
each other, and | am told thnt the rules OF the
| dance cu,npel them to look each other In The
i! tucc. They begun moving to and fro IN slow
time to u wild and melancholy air, the peculiar
! every unw and then interrupted their Elinuet
| BY II sudden tn,lk1I.lii curtsey. for cnn give
no other name to the curious little bob they per-
fnsnesi after every TWO steps. This SLOW. luier
movement very much astonshed me- bad al-
ways heard the Csardas spoken Of us something
almost savage IN Its wllt1ness, and these pco.
pie might hare been on their wny to Il funeral
tor aught OF animation they evinccd. Tho tu-'
waiiinr linz thoir m fnte " il nS' chorus; the cymbaurn
trembiet with emotion, the face OF the leader
or the band 'sas SO long that i Thought he was
before knew it the music had rhanged and the
fun grew fast ami furious The previous step.
or solnethinx very like II, was continued, only
sixteen times MS fast, 60 that tho dancers did
nothing but bub up and down like curks on a
stormy sen. They still held each other, and
never moved from the .pluce where they had
takcn their stand, for Cstrdns mist be danced
On US small space OF ground as possible; Now
T.
Erzsi. nnu by IT slight movement was able to
watch her cvoIutiuns, and | came 10 the corr
clusiOu that IN EngllshwoMnn OF her rank
would us Suun think OF dancing tho Csarlas, IL
It ought to be danced, as Of dnncug ba1iot.
Her partner heid her little waist on either side,
and ,'very nnw an;l then twisted or rolled her to
alld FRO between his hands, and then changed or
threw her frln QUO arm to the other, her hands
being ucunwhile upon his shoulders, and she
looking strAight into bis eyes with pair OF the
IOrciie5t Orhs that ever bewiIdered a mans
SENSES. They had already been dancing at leHst
for half an hour, and the bobbing up and down
had fatacu into kind Of continual tremuloua
crease. Erxst's partner held her with une hand,
and waved his hund above his head with a shout.
caught her In ht,th hands, and whired her wiilly
round and round let her 70, and, putting hte
twu hands to his bead with the gesture, as /
Thought OF a u1an going NATL, executed sFOo-
derfui double shuttle with his feet. and thsu be-
gar. tu sshirl round und round like a ierrsh, she
doing the snsne, till with one accord they
stopped, and seemed to fling themselves Into
eMch others arms again. Imagine these mau-
e!lvres executed continually by Il dozen couplea,
Ill dancing sn cluso to each other that they fre-
fneufly touched, and. above Qi so close I'd
the EJpsies that stumble or a fall would have
mated the double bass. Imagine the fearful
noise OF eight ur nine instruments In one COM
paFutIrey sn3Hfi rGs}ta; nstl, Hdded to that. thu
stamping aud shuiling Of feet, the occasional
shnitt ot the dancers. and q lively conversation
S"lnx o Among the spectutorS-and then snlag-'
ullfulty lsokett Us If they had spent month in1
snpor bath; but the more robust appearetl a.
Though Watering car. had just gone over them.
sn lamp and limp were they; even their very
Tustachios hung down at tie corners. and g&va
theM ludlctuusly forlorn appearance