Imperial Valley press., 1916-09-30
WHAT'S WHAT DOWN WHERE
PLEASURE COMES FIRST

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the strength to open its doors. Whel
YOU do pry your way into the Museum
on Tuesday, however, you feel Their
is not much loss to art by its Monda,
dosing.
At present there is a modernist eX
hibitions of the works Of Zito Citta
DIM in all annex of the museum. New
York, lam sure, would go quite mac
about Zito. Most anyone would have
t. to appreciate him.
One tasty little bit of his, conser'
vatively dubbed "A Study" seems
hectic and sanguinary portrayal of ar
Iinflamed tonsil. Several small can
vases however. of sea and rocks in
gorgeous .coloring look, at a safe dis
tance, strangely like what they are
Intended for.
Art may be long but Buenos iAres
isn't exactly long on art. That is
art as confined to painting.
Alphabetically Buesnos Aires ranks
we'll and as to its monuments and
groups of statuary. theye put thos
,sculped montrocities in most of cur
North American cities, especially New
York. to shame. To be sure, like ev-
'erything else in Buenos Aires whether
it be to eat or drink or to wear, the
Isculptured art is imported but even
so good taste has been shown in its
selection.
The Avenedo de Mayo, so startingly
like a Partisan boulevard, is thanked
at one end by thebeautifcl and stately
capital and at the other by the presi-
dental palace. An atrocious coat of
cid rose paint has earned for the latter
edifice the name of the Rose Palace.
lis more fitting sobriquet would be
the "Pink Palace for Pale Presidents"
Jest adjacent. the cathedral in the
impressive style of an old Greek tenn
PIE, is also hopelessly rcined by a
coat of dreadnaught gray. Juet why
tl,is honkering after paint pot sis be-
ycnd me.
At the shrine of musical art, the ele-
giant Colon theater, where grand op-
era is adeqcately and presented all
Buenos Aires nightly does devotion.
Here are Argentine woman comes
into her own and in exquisite evening
attire she sits for thenonce in regal
equality with her lord and husband
Not only to thestrain of Leoncavello,
P. .ccini and Strauss does the pulse of
the Argentine respond. He sways as
to the syncopation of
Ncrth American ragtime as it is man.
g,ed by evry ubigitous hotel and res
taurant orchestra.
Toward the rat of Isidora Duncan,
however. Buenos Aires has remained
This undraped nymph of Terpsi
chore, injured to the cold and drafts
Of many a continental stage, has been
forced to retire shivering before the
frost of her reception here.
And while on the subject of the
dance let me off Immediately with this
idea. The cal Argentine Tango is
danced only by the primitive and ele-
mental native outside of the city or in
the low dance halls and dives within
the city. No cultured Argentina lady
or gentleman could or would do this
dance in its true elemental state. The
Argentine Tango that we know was
evolved in Paris and owes little save
its title to the original native dance.
Because of the association of the name
when the dance was first introduced
down here the smart set were very
loathe to take it up and even at it's
height it was danced but mildly in 3.
A in comparison with its vogue in
Paris and the U. S. A.
So here's where your long cherished
aren't the Argentine Tango goes bang.