Vernon and Irene Castle

Vernon and Irene Castle Dancers (Vernon Blythe, Norwich, England, May 2, 1887; Fort Worth, Texas, February 15, 1918, and Irene Foote, New Rochelle, New York, April 17, 1893; Eureka Springs, Arkansas January 25, 1969). The duo met in the early 1910s in Paris, where both were scraping by as dance performers; asked to demonstrate the latest American dance fads, they quickly wrote home and got information about the turkey trot and other new dances. Creating a sensation in Paris, the couple realized…