The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01

Il viii last till 1924. Which does
4 not mean that the Archbishop Of
New York, the Kaiser of Berlin
and the Duchess Of Norfolk In London
will not triumph in their views upon the
subject.
The tango OF the astronomers Is the
tango type, the poetry of motion, the
maXiNr also and perhaps the Very Mus
tard all those dances of graceful atti-
tudeS and syncopated measure, chefs
d'guvrc Of rhythm and gesture, the
neeation Of romp and the whirling
der,ish movement.
But We may even see folks waltz, for
We are in dancing period 1t is the
suns fault.
Everybody knows that sun spots regu-
late dancing; and as it is a critical
period Of solar activity none may hope
and few would desire--to keep folks
from being charmed by rhythmic move
ment You imagine that you dance he
cause it is the tango. when it is the
tango hecause you dance.
Wh,rh comes to this. there is a time
20 dance and time to tire Of dancing.
The suns periods of eleven years, it's
maXimums of thirty-three years and
grand maximum of once a century cor
respond very perfectly to the waltz of
1872. the gallop Of 1924 (Which also
lshered in the schottische). the
mazurka Of 1896, the polka Of lS45, the
qu1dy.lle of 1852. the lancers Of 1861
m Vanoan Of 1869. the pas de Quatre
Il 1882 the Boston of 1898, the cake
walk of 1902 and the tango of 1913
IN astronomer could even point out
h" strand minimum of nothing doing
after 1870, and the thirty-three year
mtN!mums which gave, just thirty
,hrer years apart, the notable dances of
he mazurka, quadrille and Hoston
1t is on this principle Of grand re-
rudesCencc that the tango type ought
20 last till 1924. Given the present
mngo anarchy-worse than a certain
brand of pickles there are 12O varieties
lit may well require some time to
,,raghten out the new dances.
Ii"cdusc they are new The quadrille
was new, though nothing but the Contre
lanse revived. What matters that I saw
Don radilla" tangoed at Cadiz in 1892 !?
! saw the cakewalk done at Philadelphia
IN 1874. Both were brand new to the
world when their time came.
Regina Badet in Paris calls the Bos-
Ton "a waltz for pale persons" In
Ashtng tango-which Is surely new
She defines as IA Boston for paler per-
SONS Truly its clutches and wriggles
have nothing Of the free grace which
madc Marthe Urban call the tango "the
m!nu't If the twentieth century" 1t is
all right, the waltz went through SINH
lar adventures just hundred years
ago
a hundred years ago the armies Of
Napoleon found the peasants OF
Thurngia dancing new dance. 1t was
50 gay and audacious. SO heart melting
and fascinating in its music, so novel in
step and tempo that the soldiers of the
Grand" Armee all but stopped fighting
To learn il.
Il WAS danced by couples. The man
took his partner by the waist, while she
cuns 90 his shoulder. The remaining
arms We're held outstretched, hand
ciasp.ng hands. And round and round
The copies whirled. round and round to
music p' a new lit which brought tears
I" tn" eyes, measure at once languor-
aus and agitdted, soothing and exciting.
sentimental, diabolical.
Now that Is some dancing" said
The soldiers Of Napoleon.
They took the dance with them,
taught u 10 the conquered nations as
lull improvisation and somewhere