The San Francisco call., 1909-06-07
THIS "DANCE" IS
CERTAINLY LIMIT
lies Apaches de Paris
Causes Empire Theater
to Harbor a Moulin
Rouge
By WALTER ANTHONY

When Salome drapes herself in Pa
cific street she becomes thing OF
sizable respectability. She may wriggle
and writhe, but she never transgresses
the law. Summers, seeking a sensa-
tion. watch with great avidity and go
away satisfied that they have seen the
limit Many continent courses lead to
this conclusion. Perhaps they haven't
seen her at all; or perhaps they have
seen two Salomes and two papier
mache heads. They don't know until
the next day.. and then II is too late
But when Salome bursts forth at Ham
merstein's with Strauss decadent mu-
sic behind her degenerate behavior.
she becomes a thing of pearls and
frankness. When she adores the sew
cred head in the residence belt she
leaves her clothes in a trunk and her
.decorum with the stage manager Out
Fillmore street way It is called art.
1t would be pinched in Pacific street
Following on the visible heels Of
Maude Allen and Gertrude Hoffman
have sprung up a crop OF dancers No
one dreamed how far they could go
until they were exhibited as art and
in polite theaters. Thus have final
~ arrived Les Apaches de Paris" The
Empire has turned Parisienne. and SUIT
ter street harbors a Moulin Rouge. The
Thalia would turn them out and Eva
Rowland, who does a Terrific street
version OF SaIome. would blush and
pass Nile. Mime Amato by with a
frozen look and a word of scorn. I
performance for blushing. 1t happens.
though. that respectability may simu
late ignorance. and so. the pantomimic
dance in Sutter street gets by and
no one seems to know what it Is about.
Elsewhere two dancers doing like
wise would be separated. A gent in
a white coat with a long apron cover
ing his legs to his ankles would lead
the male section OF the duo TO a con-,
venient table and bring him soda
sour. The police would take care Of
the lady" Clinching isn't allowed on
the Barbary coast
OF course, If one wants to see the
sights OF Paris and does not care for
the Louvre. or the grand opera house
or visit to Notre Dame de Paris. or
to Napoleon's tomb, or journeys to the
museums and libraries and galleries,
possibly the haunts of the Apaches
might be of interest. In any event We
do not care for them here. and at
present the public exhibition OF their
orgies is too painfully reminiscent Of
Doctor Jordan's untactfuf words to be
welcome.
The Apaches are hoodums and thugs
and worse. There are male and female
Apaches in Paris just the same as
there are in Arizona They dance. but
their dances are not particularly edi-
flying. and they lack the native hnesse
of the savage At the Empire Coccia
and Amato are the star eenters OF the
glutinous dance. and are surrounded by
a crowd OF roughs which the police
would raid il they appeared elsewhere.
Just what the pantomime which pre-
cedes the dance means 1 am not able
to say. for am not quite sure. Just
what the dance means am also un-
able to say, because it wouldn't get
through the mails. There isn't much
use in discussing the act more. be-
cause it will probably be toned down
tomorrow. If it is it might be worth
seeing. as the principals are gifted
with as much grace as audacity.