The times., 1899-06-20
FUNERAL OF AUGUSTIN DAILY.
A Remarkable ThronE Attracted Ia
the Cathedral Scrxicc.

DAILY at the funeral OF the late manager
which occurred this morning at St. Pat
| ricks Cathedral. Rarely in recent wears
nave SO many professions in New YORK
been so well represented at the bier OF a
private citizen. The attendance at the
funeral, which was far greater than the
| capacity OF the cathedral was not from
tne stage alone. but the Church, the bar.
the bench, and in fact nearly all walks
of life. The stage. OF course. predominant
ed in the attendance. every actors organi-
zation In New York being represented by
delegation, and the managers who were
| Mr.. Days rivals were there TO show their
respect for the dead. The floral offer
| ings were very many and the great sane
tuary was literally covered with June
Mowers OF every hue, some OF which were
sent by Mr. Daly's friends on the other
side of the ocean.
The funeral services were begun at $3.50
O'Clock, when the coffin was brought to
the Cathedral from Mr.. Daly's house at
Ia West Fiftieth Street. Admission TO the
church was by ticket only, but before .
O'Clock at least two hundred persons were
waiting at the doors hoping to get in
without cards. Several hundred were
turned away, and when at $50 o'clock
the coffin was borne to the catafalque in
| the main aisle every seat was taken and
the aisles were packed with persons stand
ing. Two hundred or more were crowded
around every door, trying to get a glimpse
of the interior
The pallbearers entered just in advance
Oh the easket. Joseph Jefferson, John B.
! Schoenel, and eX-Judge Roger A. Pryor
coming first. The pallbearers were Joseph
Jefferson. Theodore Moss Richard Dorney
George Clarke. ex-Justice Roger A. Pryor
Richard NJ. Henry, William Winter. st.
Clair McKelway Joseph Howard. jr, j.
a sullivan, George A. Robinson. John D.
Crimmins, Nelson Goodwin Green, DIR.
Oliver L. Jones, and John B. Schoeffel.
The Rev. Thomas J. McCluskey OF st.
Francis Xavier Church celebrated the re-
quiem mass. Archbishop Corrigan off,
ciated at the services. The Rev. W. ]. B.
DAILY. chaplain of the Sixty-ninth Regi-
| ment, was deacon and the Rev Joseph H.
| Mcmahon subdeacon, The Rev. Thomas f.
| Myhan was master of ceremonies The
eulogy, which followed the requiem mass,
was pronounced by the Rev. NJ ]. LavelIe,
rectorilo st. Patrick's Cathedral and an
intimate friend of Mr.. DAILY
This spontaneous outburst in honor of
| Mr.. DAILY he said, sis clear evidence that
whatever may be the foilies and foibles
OF our times. deep in the heart of the null
titude is that deep appreciation which
| manifests itself in recognition OF all that
| is helpful and uplifting to man. Mr. DAILY
was great and good man. a giant even
in this age of giants. He did an uplifting
work that cannot die. He left an example
TO those of US who survive him, and his
| life will be n model which will go down
| to all time. Providence has ordained that
mankind is to be elevated by the indi-
| vidual; that prophets shall arise from time
| to time to point out better paths, TO up
! hold ideals, to realize ideals that remain.
or, what is better still, to mold them
! selves into ideals which all the world is
| better for having. Moses dying on the
| threshold of the land for which for years
| he had striven for his people is the type
of that genius which labors for the up
| lifting and betterment of others. This
genius is heaven given; it must be con-
genial. 1t cannot be acquired any more
than the poets fire. II has been said that
genius is labor. That is true in the sense
| that no great work can be accomplished
without labor and true in this sense, that
in times when mankind is as lazy as it
well can be- labor is sort of genius.
No one can ever tell beforehand who is
going to be the truly distinguished one.
No rank no wealth, no power OF infiu-
ence can assure GENTS to our dearly be-
loved son. No training and no experience
may create it, but from the blacksmith's
forge, from the uncheered hut will come
the one who, gifted with the divine fire,
shall crowd over the shoulders OF Others
shall overcome the opposition which he
shall meet on every hand. shall battle pow
erty and stand at last crowned with the
laurels he has won, the evidence of his
nobility not in any title but written upon
his face. Such was the history of Mr.
DAILY. Born in North Carolina in 1888, or
phaned in 1854 he came to New York with
no capital but his genius and perseverance
which he must have inherited from the
him. He began as a clerk, but he was out
of place. The divine affiatus was in him
He began the writing of plays, and with
the audacity of genius he aimed at the
very top. 1t was his ambition to write
plays for such consummate artists as
Joseph Jefferson, Mrs. John Wood, and
Laura Keene. He was not successful until
after many reverses and misfortunes In
the mean time he did considerable journal
istic work, winning some renown as a
critic. but it is as manager of theatres
and plays that he did the great work OF his
life and spread his reputation throughout
the world. Beginning with the Fifth
Avenue Theatre in 1868, then to Twenty
fourth Street, then TO Twenty eighth
Street, he finally came to Thirtieth Street
and Broadway. where for the last thirty
years he has labored. Then he won tri-
umphs across the ocean, in London, Paris,
Berlin. and Vienna.
Mr. Daly's idea OF the place of the
stage in the economies of human life was
very high. He aimed indeed to please
and attract because these were necessary
stepping stones to something higher still.
His ideal was TO present plays perfect in
art and setting, and at the same time such
plays as would make the people love the
true and beautiful and the good. You
know what success he attained. and even
under strong financial reVerSCs he kent his
stage free from anything contrary to his
high ideals. The result of his work must
last forever. He was greater still in his
HEROIC devotion to his art. All was not
plain sailing with him, and | think | am
in no danger of making mistake in say
ing that the worry over his obligations
gradually wore out his frame of steel and
hastened his death"
Father Lavelle told instances of Mr.
Days generosity and said he could no
more live without his art than he could
live without his life. At the conclusion of
the eulogy Archbishop Corrigan pro-
nounced the absolution, first passing
around the coffin and sprinkling it with in
cense and holy water. He was accompa-
MED by the deacon and sub-deacon. After
the services which ended at 11:45 O'Clock.
the body was taken to Calvary Cemetery
and placed in the DAILY vault.
Failed for the Naval Academy
Three young men who were designated |
by President Mckinley to take she en- |
trance examination for the Naval Academy !
on account of the services of near relatives |
in the United States Navy have failed to |
pass. They are Bagley. of North Caro- |
lima, brother of Ensign Worth Bagley. |
who was killed at Cardenas in the war
with Spain; Busbee, of the District of /