Coronado Eagle and Journal, Volume I, Number 35, 1 February 1913 — Under the Ban [ARTICLE]

Under the Ban

The only surprise at the action of the management of Hotel del Coronado in putting a ban on the freak rag time dances, is that any one for a moment ever thought of these dances being done there at all. It is true that the New York “400” has done the Turkey Trot, the Bunny Hug, the Texas Tommy, et al, ad libitum, ad nauseura, just as they sometimes give dog and money dinners; and San Francisco society people (some of them) have from time to time practiced certain parodies on the art of Terpsichore, which they saw when “doing” the “Barbary Coast. ” But the majority of good people have no idea what the Bunny Hug means; or the Turkey Trot, or any of the other monstrosities, which even in New York were long since banished to the Cabaret. However, to most people the names of these dances are all sufficient to condemn them, and it is indicative of the high class patronage of the hotel that they are not popular. Mr. G. E. Ferguson, the printer, of 503 D Avenue, Coronado, pulled his slip at the Union office, San Diego, Saturday night, and hied himself away to Los Angeles, to see what was doing there As soon as his wife can settle things here, she, together with her three little ones, will follow him there. Mrs. Ferguson hates to leave Coronado, thinking it one of the pleasantest spots on earth.