The evening world., 1910-12-01
DAILY GOES BACK
TO ISLAND AFTER
SHORT VACATION
Comedians Wife, Who Sent
Him There, Kisses Him
Fond Farewell.

william 3. Daily, the Irish comedian,
who vas sent to the w~orkhouse Nov. 5
and let out Nov. Is, only had a short
vacation. as it were. He returned to
the island again this morning, looking
very much peeyed and put out about
something.
His wife, Mrs. Ada p. A. Daily OF No.
IA West One Hundred and sixteenth
street, was responsible for his going
away again to-day, as she was for his
original commitment and for his tenn
porary release. This time the lady in
Inmates that she will stick. If she does
1t looks like a long, hard year for a
young comedian. formerly in vaude-
willie.
The actor was brought to the Court of
Domestic Relations in the early part Of
last month on a summons charging him
with abandonment and non-support.
Mrs. DAILY. who Is by a good many years
the senior OF the pair, used to be u
wealthy widow before she was married
to DAILY in 1908. She told Magistrate
Harris that she paid for having his voice
cultivated. and that this fan she fl
nanced a company to star him In the
play of "Old Limerick Town"
She Took the Bank Roll.
odd Limerick Town got as far as
Baltimore, where she demonstrated with
him becar 20 of his attention to some
OF the female members of the troupe,
and, according to his story, he struck
her. She came to New York, bringing
the bank roll with her. and the show
promptly d%isbanded. AS soon as DAILY
had struggled back to Broadway she
swore out a for him.
Magistrate Harris put DAILY under a
bond of 81 300 to pay his wife s2j n week
for one year. lie couldn't furnish the
bond and the Magistrate sent him over
10 the Workhouse. For some reason or
other ne didn't like the hours and the
life at the Workhouse.
As Mrs. DAILY tells 1t, a young woman
TO who her husband had been at
~tentive, called on her and promised that
IL Mrs. DAILY would only procure his re-
lease she. the young woman. would 20
far, far away and never come back.
Mrs DAILY went to see the supposed
penitent and at the sight OF him In
SUI. 1tl tIplIlfN NV h'"' 49, $3.50
Two weeks < she furnished the bail
for him and he came home.
But he didn't stay ,nere. The lights
of the c.. w. w. lured him back. He
began coming in late at nights, she
says: then he quit coming in alto
gether. SO last night Mrs. DAILY went
TO court and said that in her capacity
as surety, she wanted to SURRENDER
William r..
Courteous In Court.
Policeman Nichol Of the Court Squad
found the actor In bed at 3 a. NJ. DAILY
protested at getting up in the middle
of the night that way-he sad II he
were found providing AROUND at such an
unseemly hour he might be mistaken
for a burglar. But Nichol insisted and
the actor put on his shore-leave clothes
and came along.
For all tina has happened the couple
snowed deep affection. one for the
other, In court. When Mrs. DAILY
mounted the witness stand Mr.. DAILY
bowed low and ave her n helping hand.
Just as It is done in the third act.
She repaid the courtesy by warning
him to cover his face, for she saw an
artist skctching him. When the Magis-
trate ordered him back to the island
he kissed her more In sorrow han in
anger. and she wept and almost tainted.
SO that Miss McQuade, the probation
officer. had TO support her.
Taking it all around. 1t was indeed n
very affecting spectacle. But william
b. went back to the island.