Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-06
A tangled tango life.

hear,
: Atangled tango life.
New York. Feb. 6.-There's tane
in the tango that has gotten into ev
eryone's blood. The tango is every
thing and everything is tango.
Strong men and fair actresses have
had stronger cigars and weaker per
fumes named after them but nova
days everything from tobacco to tooth
paste, from hardware to haberdasher!
is done in the name of the tango. Ger
tain it is that the little milliners anc
dressmakers and bootmakers and cor
setieres and hairdressers and jewelers.
have gotten busy and brought forth
enough tango togS to cover us from
the tops of our tango heads to the tips
of our tango toes.
First and topmost of all is the new
tango hair which is of the most hec-
tic of hues dubbed tango red. Per
fectly good tango hair may also be
done in other equally riotous radiant
shades such as cobalt blue. mauve, nile
green or orange. Then your tango
dyed locks should be done in the tango
coiffure which means that it must all
be loosely waved, drawn neatly back
from the face and the back hair fas-
tened and tucked under at one side of
the head with a jeweled tango comb
or two jeweled tango pins. Perch on
top of all one of those fascinating
little ace tango caps eXpoited by Mrs.
Vernon Castle and the tango head is
fashionably complete.
The tango corset should be the start
and foundation of your tango toilette
de luxe. The accepted model is of silk
tricot with but one bone in the front
and back 1t allows the figure full play
and yet is so admirably constructed
that it confines and holds all in its
proper place any undue embonpoint.
Over this foundation you may take
one of three choices The tango pam
talets which start from the waist and
fasten snugly with elastic about your
ankles, the tango garter pantalets
which are dainty lace and chiffon ruf-
fes fastened to either knee with a
satin garter, or the dainty lace in
crusted tango petticoat, scant and
diaphanous and slit at either side to
allow your dip and glide full sway.
The favored tango frock of the mo-
ment is of softest taffeta. 1t almost in
variably boasts tunic la Minaret
although a model simply dubbed "tan-
CO." which is being exploited by well
known Paris firm has a decided pan
nier in its first and original form.
Tango stockings are agleam with
beaded or spangled cora and fauna
while the favored tango slipped is the
cotturne with its jeweled tango slides
and buckles.
Next in favor to the cothurne is a
plain satin slipper with rhinestone
buckle and the newest variation to be
sprung in the buckle ornamentation
line are tiny jeweled tassels fastened
on the instep which bob and sparkle
seductively at every tango twist and
turn.
1t is with just these fascinating and
expensive touches that the jewelers.
get in the dance. They have you by
the ears with lovely long and bobbing
tango eardrops glistening with semi
precious gems that scintillate with ev-
cry toss and quiver of lovely tango
head. Charming waist long strands of
vari-colored tango beads they offer
also and their latest chef d'ouevre is
the tango ring.
1t is of large design, the dimen-
sions Of a dinner ring, barbarically
Oriental in effect and always composed
of sparkling stones that fail not to
catch the light and twinkle even as
the tWinkling toe.
These rings show up well on either
fair hand, whether it be the one coyly
held out stiffly at right angles to the
body in the tango partners clasp or
the only that rests coyly upon his
manly tango shoulder.
Of course as the last essence Of tan
go perfection you must spray youi
hair and hanky with the newest tango
perfume and there you are finished
tango product Oh there's no doubt
about it, clothes and all, we're not
merely tanpoinp mad we've ALREADY