Evening star., 1919-12-28

scarcely be able to distinguish a real
middle-class pair Cor the Hon. George
and Lady Betty on the lark) from a
couple recruited in the class of me-
chanicaI brain workers. or even part
ners who toll and moil with their
hands. doing honestly the spade work
of civilization
Two of the best dancers we ever
saw Gt was a suburb) turned out to
be truck farm hand and a
in love with each other. ] can see
them now. walking back to the seats.
still little bit uplifted by the magic
of the music.
Everybody has manners for the oc-
casion. A great many have actually
found manner. Just as military
genius came to light in clerks ana
humble mechanical guys IN the plt
ter trenches, so in these halls OF
light. social tact and usage blossom
among those who were formerly troo-
den under.
is the note. :.
Except for-except for-I notice IT
particularly in central Par1s-eNcept
for the sweet melancholy spell w
nonstop rhythmic charm. the seiI-
forgetful void. the dog star orplt'
You know-maieboise OF tanso ~ y. p.pp con
sit hypnotized in one OF the cor
Germs of the Rue Caumartin. There
are lots vaster ones in the Avenue
MacMahon. the Faubourg MontHar.t,e
the Rue de C1ichy: but TINS is tht
Cadet Rousselle. all right. Where !nes
of cotillon accessories, ana e|tts 80
evening ball and every afternoon the
tango tea.
Tango malebolge is unm!stakabie
in larger dancing halls. whose less
packed early afternoons. part Grass
are called teas for true addicts- me!
can't wait till evening, and the ne"
weekly day of rest" (rotated throusn
the seyen) recruits the mass. in farlS,
every afternoon of the week. win
a new leaven.
It.s Don PadiIla or the PARA or the
supersentimental Criolio: stepping
deiicately, as in a mud of sentiment L.
slow dienified, eyes fixed. back. fortn,
in. out. in unending. effortless PRONE
made. self-hypnotized, enraptureo py
tap. tap-tap-tap. they step, as II s.ep.
ming consciously 10000. 100000 steps
across the hallway of Nirvana.
know this couple. She is flower
faced widow of the war and ne
salesman of the Printemps. sne mas
met at the perfumery counter.
Yet time does pass.
Rumors of arrivals. sWlshlng OF
wraps. chairs. tables pushed. the TN
kle of mixed drinks. The cro"o'
It's 6 pm. -, =. .h.
shadow blowers. white enamel. gid
ine1. is now crowded. not by rude
men but by dainty girls. monopollz-
ing its high chairs. More llghtS. Inc
crush. A rattle of teacups. fizz drinks.
cake plates. FoS trot music" music"
the Black-eyed SusaHs Grow.
The razzle is on.
<ox trots for the tea crowd" he says.
.They're for the nifty tunes That
peaches Down in Georgia. now
wen give them Just Baoys prayer
at Twilight ~ rh;s ;s thu
Between pm. and pm.
mn and down this astonishing side
street. which was dead and nNeth-I
refer to the Rue Caumartin-squats
a scandal OF private limous1nes. Ge;
NAV not get disentangled for an hour.
Impudently waiting autos and eaui-
na res- with sassy champers on tnelr
silver bits. lire both sides OF tne
narrow way. They won't oudse, anu
newcomers. playing both enos 10 .ne
Eno+ Three tango palaces. six dane
;r1 teas three dancing restaurantS.
two fox trot hotels-all in the BLOCK
from boulevard to Rue Aubcr.
At 10 pm. they forget to go to the
theater.
G.etter to the editor. 1t was writ
ten by Lord Byron as a, preIac1t. Mo1.z. 10 .nd MD
NAV be found. with long and snappg
foot notes. in all complete editions OF
his works)
Sir: am a country gentleman OF
a midland county. I might have oeeh
a parliamentman for a certain por-
o,@h. having had the offer of as many
votss as Gen. T at the general
election in 1872. But / am all for
happiness; as. fifteen years
aco on visit to London, l married
\ n,iddle-aeed maid of honor. We Nv
ed happily at Hornem Hall till last
season. when my wife and ! were IN
vited by the Countess OF "a,tZa"ay
to mass the winter in town. Thinking
no harm, and our girls being come 10
a marriageable Cor, as they call II,
age, and having besides
a chancery suit inadvertently entalieo
on the family estate. we came up III
our old chariot-of which. by the way
my wife grew so much ashamed IN
a
10 buy a second-ha barouche.
Hearing great praises of Mrs. II. s
dancing (she was famous for birthday
minuets in the latter end OF the last
| unbooted and went 10
ball at the countess. expecting TO
see a country dance or. at most. cotii-
lions. reels and all the old pace to the
newest tunes But, judge of my sur
prise on arriving to see poor dear Mrs.
Hornem with her arms half round OF
a huge hussar-looking gentleman
never set eyes on before; and his. to
saw truth, rather more than half way
round her waist. turning round. and
round, and round to see-saw, up
and down sort of tune that reminded
me of the Black Joe only more af-
fettuoso,' till it made me quite giddy
with wondering they were not so.
by and by they stopped bit. and
I thought they would sit or fall down;
but. no; with Mrs. HIS hand on his
shoulder guam familiariter' Gas Ter
ence said when l went to schooD,
they walked about a minute, and then
at it again.
II asked what it all meant. when.
with a loud laugh. a child no older
than our Wilhelmina (called after the
Princess of Swappenbach. said, Mr..
Hornem. can't you see they're waltz
ing?' And then up she got, and her
mother and sister. and away they
went, and round bouted it till supper
time.
Now that / know what it is. l like
it of all things. and so does Mrs. H.
(though / have barked my shins and
four times overturned Mrs. Hornem's s
maid in practicing the preliminary
steps in a morning). Indeed. SO much
do / like it. that having a turn for
rhyme. tastily displayed in some cleo
ton ballads and songs in honor of all
the victories (although but till lately
had but little practice in that way).
I sat down. and with the aid of Will
liam Fitzgerald. esq, and a few hints