. My husband . in The SunshineGirl. This had been played in London by-George Grossmith. Frohman was not willing atfirst to accede, but finally he did so under pro-test. During rehearsals he and most of the otherpeople were discouraging. I had no part in theplay. I appeared solely as a dancing partnerfor Vernon. When the play reached productionit was a success, and I am certain Vernons workhelped greatly, not only in the dancing but in theacting of the leading role. Those who saw theLondon production as well, were agreed thatVernon and Joe Cawthorne were funnier in thefireman scene than Grossmi
. My husband . in The SunshineGirl. This had been played in London by-George Grossmith. Frohman was not willing atfirst to accede, but finally he did so under pro-test. During rehearsals he and most of the otherpeople were discouraging. I had no part in theplay. I appeared solely as a dancing partnerfor Vernon. When the play reached productionit was a success, and I am certain Vernons workhelped greatly, not only in the dancing but in theacting of the leading role. Those who saw theLondon production as well, were agreed thatVernon and Joe Cawthorne were funnier in thefireman scene than Grossmith and the comedianwho played it in London. The dancing craze was on, and Castle House,the first of our ventures, opened. This wasreally, and is to-day, a school of dancing, but inthe early days teas as well as the lessons spreadour fame and increased our earning capacityrapidly. There Vernon taught at least six hoursa day. I myself never possessed either the knackor patience for teaching. He was remarkably[56]. From a photograph by Ira L. Hill. The Castle polka. Others have said . that in the evolution of the modern dance Vernon played i great part. MY HUSBAND clever, in that he could always lead even a be-ginner into any steps he wanted to do and showthem ofF to great advantage. I have seen himdance with a total stranger and make her ap-pear so graceful and easy at dancing that everyone would comment upon it, when he often con-fided to me afterward that the woman reallycouldnt dance at all and that he had dragged herround. Quite another side of his teaching is revealedin a letter from the Aviation Field of France: The officers here have been making me teachthem the Fox-Trot, etc., and now every eveningthey have dances and dance with one any other time it would seem terrible to seetwo men dancing together, but when you knowthat every one of them is a real man and facesdeath pretty nearly every day, it doesnt seem atall out of place that they should dance, and theywe
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