Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-10-05

ing It IS true the women go to Mass
but the masses go to make merry in
the public places. 1t is smart to drive
or motor every fine Sunday morning
at Palermo, the big city park of
Buenos Aires. Then home for an
elaborate luncheon Of many courses
which is called breakfast here. In the
afternoon to dash off to the races or
a boxing match is the racy or striking
thing to do topped off with cup of te'
and a dance or two at the Plaza. After
a late and lengthy dinner there is al
ways Grand Opera or the theatre. So
endeth the day of rest"
No wonder some of the papers are
too exhausted to get out a Monday
edition and the Art Museum hasn't the
strength to open its doors. When you
do pry your way into the Museum on
Tuesday however, you feel there is
not much loss to art by it's Monday
closing.
At present there is modernest ex-
hibition of the works of Tito Cittadini
in an annex of the museum. New
York, am sure, would go quite mad
about Tito. Most anyone would have
to to appreciate him.
One tasty little bit OF his conserv-
atively dubbed "a Study" seems hec-
tic and sanguinary portrayal of an
enflamed tonsil. Several small can
vases however of sea and rocks in
gorgeous coloring look, at safe dis
lance, strangely like what they are
intended for.
Art may be long but Buenos Aires
isn't exactly long on art. That is art
as confined to painting.
Alphabetically Buenos Aires ranks
we'll and as to its monuments and
groups of statuary they put those
sculped monstrocities in most of our
North American cities, especially New
York, to shame. To be sure like ev-
erything else in Buenos Aires whether
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sculptured art is imported but even
so good taste has been shown in it's
selection.
The numerous imposing and beauti-
full monuments commemorative of
historical events and Argentine heroes
and the many rarely lovely marble
nudes in the parks, unspoiled by the
| bath towel diaperies of our, SNUG
North American tra-squeamishness
will undoubtedly do much to stimulate
the native art to higher level in the
coming generation.
The Aveneda de Mayo, so startling
ly like Partisan boulevard, is thanked
at one end by the beautiful and stately
capitol and at the other by the presi-
Dental palace. An atrocious coat Oh
old rose paint has earned for this
latter edifice the name of the Rose
Palace. It's more fitting sobriquet
would be the "Pink Palace for Pale
Presidents" Just adjacent, the ca
thedral in the impressive style of al
old Greek temple, is also hopelessly
ruined by coat Of dreadnaught grey
Just why this hankering after the
paint pots is beyond me.
At the shrine of musical art, the
elegant Colon theatre, where Crane
Opera is adequately and artistically
presented all Buenos Aires nightly
does devotion.
Here the Argentine woman come:
into her own and in exquisite evening
attire she sits for the nounce in rega
equality with her lord and husband
Not only to the strains of Leonca
vallo, Puccini and Straus does thu
pulse Of the Argentine respond. HI
sways as rapturously to the syncopa
ton Of North American ragtime as i
is mangled by every Ubiquitous hote
and restaurant orchestra.
Toward the art of Isadore Duncan
however Buenos Aires has remained
unmoved.
This undraped nymph of Terpsi
chore, injured to the cold and draft:
of many a Continental stage, ha:
been forced to retire shivering before
the blighting frost of her reception
here.
And while on the subject of the
dance let me off Immediately with
this idea. The real Argentine Tango
| is danced only by the primitive ant
elemental native outside or in the low
dance halls and dives within the city
No cultured Argentine lady or gentle
man could or would do this dance II
it's true elemental state. The Argen.
tine Tango that we know was evolved
in Paris and owes little save it's title
to the original native dance Because
of the associations of the name wher
the dance was first introduced dowr
here the smart set were very loathe
to take it up and even at it's height
it was danced but mildly in B. A. in
comparison with it's vogue in Paris
and the u. S. A.
So here's where your long cherish
ed delusion anent the Argentine Tan
go goes bang o.