Show TANGO MANIA HAS NEW YORK IN ITS GRIP great personages and very small ones clamor for the privilege of the dance that in toxic ates EW YORK castle house was very NEW still in the after luncheon hour an expectant hush ell fell over all its shiny polished up surfaces every thing was ready tor for the junior dance the long serving table on the little balcony at the far end of the room was laden with tea things and platters heaped high with diamond and heart shaped sandwiches and tiny airy fairy cakes and decorated at each corner with a miniature christmas tree the mirrors set in the french gray paneled walls reflected countless holly wreaths that looked as though they just belonged there tor for always with their crimson berries and ribbons exactly the color of the cushions on the benches ranged along the walls the flunkey flankey at the door assumed bis his stiffest and haughtiest haught iest pose chin drawn back nose tilted in air and spotlessly white gloved hands at his sides suddenly as though ot of their own accord the glass chandeliers flared up into hundreds of lights that turned into thousands as they were caught in the mirrors and reflected from the floor through the open doorway lead ing into the smaller ballroom came a flood of rosy light setting every everything thing aglow with warmth and color at the same time several darkey minstrels wandered in with banjos and drums took possession of the piano and burst in the ingest most rollicking one step in another moment a pretty shining faced little girl looking proud ly conscious of her very best dancing frock and fluttering ribbons came dancing out into the middle of the floor on the arm of mr vernon castle himself extremes find means to dance what a picture they made it was certainly a case of the long and the short of it long and lean with arms like two wisps of a straw and legs that look as though they d snap in the mid die dle when he walks he be bent berit over her be frilled chubbiness and danced her gallantly through to the end under the immense butterfly bow beached on top of her golden head she peered out anxiously her dark eyes fastened ev ery now and then on the floor as though watching in trepidation lest her tat fat little legs and turned in toes should get entangled in her partner a dangling ones finally with a sigh of relief ehe she returned to the sate safe bar bor of mamma a side while her cavalier bowed himself away to seek a partner tor for the next dance the junior after lunch dance at castle house is the latest development of at the craze that has swept like fc storm over the land dancing ing everywhere by every one at every time nothing matters nowadays but the tango the debutante listens ampa A A V silently to mammas mammes accounts of the of virtues of a certain eligible and burst out with yes yes I 1 know but does he tango 2 0 the hostess in her quest of that rare species the social male asks not whether be be tat fat or thin old or young gallant or boorish good to look upon or homely as a barn but does betanco be tango and worse and morein more in credible than all the intellectual the college prof the highbrow highbrown high brow the man of letters the rigid financier care not buether nu blI ether a woman as is lovely as vanus as wise as minerva and as wonderful to look upon as a fashion plate the only matter of any import la to does she tango the the when the was first introduced people raised their eyebrows and looked at one another in mild questioning NN V hat were things coming to with the awful prevalence of the unspeakable tango now instead of the we have rather the dan sant the in which tea Is a mere inci ind dent generally overlooked in the ex cit ement ot of the dance and not only that but we have the the sandwiched in between an after lunch dancing class and a diner dan saint the newest evolution of the dance while you eat habit whereas reaz last year the leading hotels and popular eating bouses adver tided the excellence of their food and sought only to please their patrons by concocting concoct ing rare and toothsome dishes today they seek to attract the multi tudes audes in this wise dancing every evening in the magnificent ballroom de diner every tuesday thursday and saturday dancing un til morning on the fastest floor in now york tonight at 10 30 in the ballroom dancing by mile frou brou farou trou de do chic and M stick in the mud in society a latest dances truly can it be said these days that milady butterfly dances through life from the moment she wakes until she drops exhausted in her fluffy nest of a bed her day Is just a continuous round of dancing after breakfast the more ambitious of her will ml rot grate to the studio of a dancing mas ter tar usually a young man of foreign importation and unpronounceable name whose dexterous movements in the tango and the maxixe cast a spell nightly over the feminine portion of bis his audiences in some big eating and dancing palace here she will cheerfully surrender 25 of papas good bon est american dollars for one hour hours s private instruction in the intricacies of the latest variety of the tango her tango toilet tollet after a hasty luncheon at home she sprinkles a drop of tango perfume on her tango frock adjusts her tango at 4 h Z Z YI I 1 A veil over her freshly powdered little nose grabs her tango bag and hikes off to an after luncheon dancing where she whirls and twirls in joyous abandon then after a the in any one of the numerous gorgeously appointed places devoted to this tad fad she joins the merry throng on the ballroom floor of a dinner restaurant where berei she dances away until the wee hours of the morning even a dance magazine and now we have a magazine devoted to the dance and last and more important than all an entire house given over to the one step the hesitation waltz the brazilian maxixe and the terrible tango castle house Is an exquisite little place all white and gray and rose both inside and out situated at no 26 east forty sixth street opposite the ritz cariton carlton hotel on any day between the hours of four our and six you may find a string of motors and dimou sines allies ranged along the curb outside reaching well into the middle of the block the neat silver lettering above the door frame assures you that you are at castle house and no mistake and once admitted by the afore men cloned pompous flunky you need no further assurance the moment the door Is opened the ear is pleasantly assailed by the strumming of music and the gentle pit a pat of feet on a glass like floor you are vaguely aware of a beautiful little stone floored reception hall where a trim maid relieves you of your heavy wraps while you watch the playing of the lovely fountain with the regulation goldfish and ferns at its base A momentary jolt its it s all like a glimpse of fairyland that Is all but landing on the little stone stairway ay where a pleasant faced lady at a tiny desk smiles sweetly at you while she demands the two dollars admission tee fee for a moment just the moment it takes to surrender your two perfectly good paper dollars you are rudely awakened to grim material reality then up four or five more steps and into fairyland itself you wind through the maze of swaying couples dodging here an elbow and there a fierce looking protruding feath er and wishing that your stout walk ing boots for you have come to look on as spectator had some of the clinging qualities of a flys legs so that you might walk with a little more owls dignity over the treacherous floo yen yol finally succeed in reaching the bola 1 bion sion of the furthest corner of tb the room here you ensconce comfortably in a cushioned chair anc look agog upon the gay scene betor before you almost senior juniors junior dance yes there are tac or three juniors but for the most part youlace you are quite surprised at the eize size and apparent adf abiu ka of the majority of the th juniors there are some in natt natty tailor mades with filmy blouses and big fur mutts muffs there are a few youn girls in afternoon frocks and pretty girlish hats hate and boys fine young chaps scions of the vanderbilt and harriman Harrl man families just home from college for the holidays all dressed up with flowers in theli buttonholes in a few moments a maid enter with an enormous tray of lemonade glasses and a platter of cakes and you sip and munch while listening tc the sway away of the rag and watching the rhythmic swinging of countless cou pies plea now they come toward you advance ing then retreating gracefully awk flexibly stiffly here comet comes a beautifully gowned society matron one of the patronesses patro nesses on the arm ol 01 a boyish young man with a blond pom poin and an air of assurance dano ing the one step with polite dignity you get a fleeting glimpse of blue vel vet and ermine topped by a hat laded laden with a mass of black aigrettes aigret tes and crane your neck to see more but alas they glide away and give place to an other pair the lengthy mr castle 4 it Is daddy LongLegs long legs castle him self with a very vea pretty very shy debu tante she Is wholesomely plump and seems very conscious of the tact fact that she was chosen for the dance by none other than the most perfect dancer there so while mr castle looks a trifle bored as though he were per forming a painful duty miss bud 9 pretty face Is softly flushed and her big eyes look out seriously from over bis his shoulder next comes a college youth who comes dancing along with mith big strides his eno enormous amous hand sprawled over the entire back of the sweet young thing on his arm her fluffy blonde hall halz peeps out ort from under a demure brown toque and ehe she has one arm slung through a velvet and fur muff decora ted with orchids they spin out of sight and directly in front of you looms the figure of a tall serious chap completely over shadowing his tiny partner she Is a sweet sixteen year old with skirts just reaching her ankles and she wears a hat of black velvet with a single gardenia blooming at the back you watch them all till the end ot of the dance when you discover that there Is no end ye shades of terpsi chore chorel no sooner does the orchestra in one roeta roem reach the end of a dance when another trio of minstrels in the adjoining room burst out strumming and drumming and the dancers pirou birou ette right through the doorway with out even pausing tor for breath there ie Is nothing for you to do but gather your self up and follow for you cannot miss a single dance watching feet not face faces for a while you decide to watch feet instead of faces and you look down and are amazed at the variety of them there are flying feet that leave a blur of shiny patent leather and sparkling rhinestones and sub stant lal men a feet that measure their distances with care ad avd A av d then la is it possible you look down at something fascinated and find that every one else la Is looking at the tame kame strange object A pair of gold chain anklets danklets an klets that make their owner look like a captive princ princess essl 1 your tour eyes travel upward slowly slow ly to see what the rest of her Is like and you discover that it Is baroness de meyer tango tangoing tan going lug gracefully with M lou tel legen the young french actor another turn in therance the dance and you are brought face to face with a lovely lovele bright faced lady whose black eyes and avid smile seem to radiate joy you are conscious ota ofa dia dis curbing irig sense of having seen or known her somewhere and consumed with curiosity you follow her at the end of tho dance to the tea balcony here while you debate inwardly as to whether you will have sandwiches or cake and finally deciding on both you watch her join a merry party the central figure of which Is a delightfully light fully english looking man in correct dress and fawn colored spats of 01 course sir johnston and lady forbes nobert robertson sont I 1 it Is indeed a gala day at castle honee house you think but the truth ie to that all days are just as gala |