El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-13
TANGO IS
BADSAYS
KAISER
Puts the Ban on Popular
Dance in German Capital
In Future.
NEW DANCE CUCCIA
BECOMES POPULAR
Is Fast and Clever and
Name Sounds Good to
Pleasure Seekers.

n ERLN. Germany. Dec. 18.-Berlin
is still mourning over the prema-
ture death Of the tango which was
cruelty killed by the kaiser's decree.
but our spirit is that Of the great Ma
pOleon at the battle OF BLarengO-"the
battle OF the tango IS lost. but there -
still time to win another" With mar
velOus rapidtty our army OF tango
teachers recovered from the first blow
which at first seemed crushing. Berlin
can no longer initiate Paris, which Is
still tangOing, but II can do something
Tar greater, 1t can and viii launch
new dance which every other capital
in Europe will be bound to take up the
"cucia" Of exotic Chill. which is said
to be far more graceful and fiery than
the tango while at the same time sb-
sOlutely tnOffensive even to the most
sensitive Of moralists-
Already there are q few dancing
masters here who are familiar with
the "cucia" and a score Of more ma
tives Of Chill from the young secretary
Of the legation dOwnWards are max
ing considerable money initiating other
dancing masters in the charming move
ments OF their national dance, while
many spoOls OF films showing the steps
by the fastest steamers At Christmas
Berlin will launch the new South
American dance which II IS hoped viii
be Immediately introduced at court
Tango Is helnG denounced
In the meantime everybody here,
press and public, with delightful snob-
bishness IS denOunctng the tango as q
dance fit only for 'muleteros" with
their indecent "muchacOs" and "chicas'
to the accompaniment Of revolver shots
and stabs from jealous "favorecedors"
and we really don't understand that We
could ever think OF sinking to such a
moral level which may be all right in
Paris, but most assuredly not for cul-
tured and refined BerIini What an
awful fate the kaiser has saved Us
from.
Christmas is approaching rapidly,
but there are many signs 10 show that
II viii be the saddest Christmas Berlin
has known for years It Il the military
MolOch that Is 10 blame for 1t all Al
ready we are dreadfully oppressed by
the burdens OF taxation, but dark and
ominous cloud, the prospect OF new
taxes, Is hanging over our heads. Ber-
liners are a light living people and a.
fond of their amuSements as are the
Parisians but since a new heavy tax
has been put on all kinds OF theatrical
entertainments from cinemas to the
Royal Opera the managers are IN des-
pair for they dare not raise the prices
and if they try to pay the tax them
selves it viii mean ruin to most OF
them.
HousehoIders too. are hard pressed,
for from January next they will have
nearly 40 marks a year for their ser
wants IN addition to the already exist
ing compulsory accident insurance ana
as all the servants OF Berlin, male as
well as female, are well organized, the
housewives dare not deduct the two
thirds Of the tax from the wages
though the law authorizes them TO do
so.
Thousands OF Unemployed
But everything else pales into in
Significance in comparison with the
state Of unemployment which prevails.
It is not too much to say that there are
about 100000 idle workers in Greater
tically at a standstiu and In several
branches OF industry the majority or
factories are employing only half the
usual number OF hands and this state
OF affairs naturally affects the trans
port workers. Thousands OF butchers
grocers and bakers in the poorer dis
tricts are on the verge OF ruin, many
OF them having given credit to the IN
employed wOrkmen to their utmost
limit and the ghost OF starvation stalks
abroad everywhere Even the big stores
supplying the wealthy classes are com
planning that the Christmas trade Is
more than 25 percent below the average
for the last ten years.
warehouses and charitable fnSCtu-
lions here and in the provinces are
crowded and their means exhauSted
and the outcome Of it all probably VIII
be a new insurance tax against IN
employment which like all the rest
win fall most heavily on those who
are already staggering under their bur
dens. I am no "SchwarEseher" and I
am OF course not very much affected
personally. but I fail to see a single
ray OF light in the bleak future ahead
Of US.