Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-18
Champion Woman
Skater Born To
Life of Adventure
Special to Times Republican,

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| Toledo, Sept. 1S.-Driven from tire,
countries on the outbreak of war ant
suffering privation in her flights, gain
ing transport on troop trains or in cat.
tie cars, but always winning her way
to safety thru her American citizen.
ship, Adelaide DVorak, champion
| woman skater, who came here to ap.
pear at the Toledo county fair, after g
| weeks engagement at the fair at Mar.
| shalltown, has come to the belief thai
she was born to a life of adventure
Fleeing from the horrors of war has
\ become habit, but not a pastime, with
| Miss D'Norak. Her latest experience in
working her way out of Europe, at the
beginning of the great world war has
I convinced her that ii is both unwise
and unsafe to journey far from Cleve-
| land, o.. her home. and she expects &c
condne her engagements to the good
old L. S. A. until the god of war has
sheathed his sword
In 1910 Miss D'Vorak was filling an
engagement in Moscow at the outbreak
of the Russian revolution, and her
American passports gained her an ext,
from the city.
At the time of the American occu
patton Of Vera Cruz, when war between
the United States and Mexico seemed
inevitable. Miss DNorak was in Mon
terey, and on the suggestion of the
American consul, made her way TO
Laredo, where she crossed the border,
her American passports again proving
invaluable in securing transportation.
In 1914, when the assassin's bullet
opened the veins of Europe, Miss
DNorak was concluding an engagement
in Germany. She went to Antwerp.
where she was detained for several
days, finally succeeding in gaining
transportation to Calais in a cattle
train Then she proceeded to Dover
and London, remaining two weeks or
more in the latter city.
II was only thru a friend who had
some Influence with the Cunard line
management that she obtained passage
TO America, and she sailed for New
York on the Lusitania, on the last voy-
age Of that majestic liner from Europe
to America. 1t was on the return trip
10 Europe that the great liner was
sent TO the bottom by a German sub
marine
Miss DEorak has seen the kaiser
twice, while the world still was at
peace and feels that she might be
happier II she could see him again
thru the peep sights of a dependable
eXterm!nator. She now Is employing
her spare time doing her biz for the
soldiers with her knitting needles
Miss D'Norak has been before the
public ten years and has won the title
OF champion woman skater thru her
many successes in speed contests and
her clever evolutions in exhibition
work. II was to engage in speed
matches that she made her last trip to
Germany, and while there met and de-
feated many Of the leading male skat-
ers. AS a speed and fancy skater she
had appeared by command" before
King George and Queen Mary at the
Olympia, London; has entertained
King Alfonso. OF Spain, and the princes
Of the blood OF Russia. Since return
Ing from Germany She has devoted
herself exclusively to fancy skating,
and has become one Of the leading ex-
ponents of that art in the world. She
is one of the most graceful skaters now
before the public and appears IN a
series Of evolutions which are most
difficult but executed with an ease that
makes her performance highly artistic.
Last Of Famous Ortons.
Toledo also is entertaining this week
two members Of one Of the most fam
our circus families in America, Nor
man and Myron orion. The Ortons,
who are appearing at the fair. also
came here from the Marshall county
fair where they appeared last week.
Scores of older persons visiting the
fair this week will remember Myles
orion. one OF the pioneer circus men
Of this country and probably the great
est bareback rider the world has ever
known. Today the sons OF Myles Or
ton, at the head of the act known as
the Three Ortons, are appearing in To-
ledo. The Ortons are appearing in
wire and butterfly act, with a little
japanese as a fourth member of the
troupe.
Myles Orton's father came to Iowa in
an early da-ay and founded the town Of
Ortonvile. Young Myles. born in Penn
sylvania went into the circus business
soon after coming to this state and in
a short time became celebrated as a
bareback rider Later ne acquired a
circus Of his own ard had his own
show on the road virtually turnout his
entire career as a Snowman. No name,
perhaps. is better known in the circus
world than that Of Orten. and many
performers who have appeared as
members Of the troupe at different
times have retained the name.
r. Z. Orion, a brother Of Myles, still
is in the circus business, conducting
wagon show out Of Ortonville. Myles
Orion died about fourteen years ago
at Key West, Fla.
The two sons appearing here were
born in the business and travelled for
years with their fathers circus. They
are among the best known circus peo-
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