Waiting for the Arrival of Something New

Bradish Carrol, Nov. 1914:

                                   "It came out of the sky or up from the earth last June and 

                                    started badly handicapped. It is now, with the exception

                                    of its rival - the One Step, the most popular dance on the boards.

                                    The dancing public was beginning to crave for a new dance. It was

                                    not weary of the satisfactory one-step, that is a dance that is fresh

                                    every day, new every hour, but variety being the condiment of life,

                                    everyone cried out for a new thriller. And thus the fox trot came

                                    into being."

By the start of 1914, revellers were weary of the the boring dances of the past season:

                                   "Society has tired of the Fish Walk, the Tango and other modern

                                    dances, and turned with relief to the “Double Shuffle".

                                    This variation of the old-fashioned negro dance, now appears in the

                                    fashionable drawing rooms of Connecticut Ave." - Washington Post

The dancing public had not taken to 'La Furlana', the 'Ta Tao', 'La Russe', 'Lu-lu Fado',
'Brazillian Maxixe', 'Havana Rumba', 'Half and Half', and 'Argentine Tango'. They were
tired of the Canter Waltz, Syncopated Waltz, Boston Hesitation Waltz, the Grizzly Bear,
Turkey Trot, Horse Trot, Pony Trot, Pavlova Gavotte, just to name a few. Those dances
that had resilience were the French Tango and the popular Rag dance just called the One Step.
Add to the latter a few variations like the 'Jingles', the 'Twinkle' and 'Lay-Over-Sal' and the
mood was set for the arrival of the masses to the Fox Trotters Ball.