Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

the length of time that she did without
any more effort than you are making in
standing still? Is she a professional OF
what?"
She is not a professional" replied the
master of ceremonies, colby. She is a
girl well known in society,"
But fragile, slender girl like
She" said the master of ceremonies,
lis what we might call confirmed
tangoist.''
The. orchestra was starting again.
She will dance this Dance said the
master of ceremonies. confidently.
She did. 1t wasn't quite as violent as
the dance of the time before, but it was a
WEAKNESS at the end than she had show
ed before. 1t seemed to be as natural for
her to tango as it would be for the mas
| ter of ceremonies to be grand and
gloomy.
Her partner was a little tired this time
! She was as fresh as the June rose of a
summer morning.
'tSee?" said the master of ceremonies
! After scowling into space, the master
of ceremonies continued:
You see, she is one of those girls who
| have become leaders in the new dance.
Every afternoon she has on her list OF
entertainments at least one place where
she can dance this dance. And every
afternoon she goes to the place AND
! dances possibly an hour or more. She
| is in constant practice. Like a trapeze
| performer who gets his training twice a
| day upon the stage, she gets her train
| ing at her social engagements, and the
result Is that her muscles have been
| taught to respond to the most compli-
Gated steps of the dance as readily as
YOURS do to the process of walking"
Then the master of ceremonies per
mitted himself mild bit of enthusiasm.
| why every muscle is like STEEL he
step when she walks What wonderful
premier danseuse she would have made
| had she cared for the stage
! Many women and men who dance are
so proficient that they might perform
creditably on the stage either singly. In
special dances, or as another Of the null
| titudinous tango teams
| And this is why, at the next place Wis
| tied by the observer a certain little Incl
dent didn't awake much comment. Some
| hours had elapsed since the dance in the
| theater foyer and the matinees were al
most over. Crowds of the fash1onables,
| leaving in carriages and automobiles,
started for their different hotel tearooms,
and the observer, following the crowd.
| finally reached one of the smartest Of the
city's new hotels which has made a
/ special appeal to the tangoists.
It was a large room, decorated with
flowers and with the small tea tables
scattered around in large circle. In the
center was the tangoing floor, smooth and
alluring. It was as large as good
sized club assembly room.
The process of teaing and tangoing was
simplicity Itself. You ordered something
to drink and drank 1T, and then got Ut
and walked on the floor. When you were
through you got back to your table
After time your order of food arrived
Then you ate and got up and danced
again. And this kept up until you got
tired and went home. AS in all the other
places, there was master OF ceremo-
MES whose powers and clothes were I'M
posing.
All Of the tables, he explained. had
! been engaged in advance. 1t was Gus
| tomary for persons to invite other per-
! sons to their tables, and table holder
may bring in large throng if he or she
| desires. But nobody can encioach unless
| he has his table. or unless,and this IS q
rartty-a table happens to be unengaSed
| The price paid for the tea is unessential
| The orders are accepted as matter OF
| course and there is no protest against
| the tangoist who Is satisfied with tea and
cakes.
| This, indeed. seems natural when one
sees what the tanaoists eat AT one
| table were two covered chatting dishes
! At another a mighty pile of sandwiches
| fianked by salad and oyster patties
Some of the tables looked like the ar
rangements for picnic. Others sug-
gested sufficient solidity to satisfy mod
crate diner.
How" asked the observer, do these
people manage all this food?"
"Tangoing." responded the master OF
ceremonies, to whom the question was
put, lis one of the most arduous exer-
| cises in the world of society. II you tango
| for an hour you can work up an appetite
| that will equal your desire for food after
| eighteen holes Of golf. You see, there
| is nothing but movement in the tango
| The turns and bends and the new evo-
lutions which you work out to music keep
you constantly alert. Tangoing is fine for
| the appetite"
lust at this moment . new couple, evil