The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-06-18
RUBY DiRBY'S MANAGER
DENIES THE STORY GIVEN
OUT BY FEDERAL CLINIC

The following letter from the man
ager of the Ruby Darby Company has
OF the Ardmoreite Publishing Com
pany:
Sapupa, Oklahoma
June 10, 1913
Mr.. Edward Gait,
Ardmore, Okla.
Dear Sir:
have a letter from Mr.. Cox, man
ager of the Princess Theatre there in
regard to the writeup about the Ruby
Darby Show that appeared i'll your
paper.
Mr.. Cox advised me to take the mat
ter up direct with you.
The Ruby Darby Company played
one weeks engagement at the Prin-
cess Theatre. During the raid there
on Saturday night four of the chorus
girls were taken from their rooms ana
examined, All the girls came through
with clean sheet and all o. k. with
the exception of one, which was doubt
! full
| had this one girl examined in Du'
] rant, also in Ada, and both doctors
pronounced her all o. k.
Miss Ruby Darby,my wife, was not
asked to be examined nor would | have
let her had she been asked to submit
to an examination.
We We're driving about the streets
in Ardmore all day Sunday We GER
tainly did not try to run away.
My show is still in this territory and
Miss Ruby is in Dallas, Texas, at her
home for a vacation.
There were some girls on the show
that followed us into the Princess that
did not stand the test. / do not know
their names.
| will certainly appreciate your cor
recting this error and giving the mat
ter some publicity as l want to play
Ardmore again.
Mr.. D. Flynn, editor of the Sapulpa
American, is writing you in regard to
this item: he copied same and used it
in his paper, He wishes to correct
same.
Wish you would attend to this as
soon as possible and mail me a copy
of the paper.
Yours respectfully,
T.. NJ. GARDINER.
Yale Theatre,
Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
In regard to the letter from Mr..
Gardiner, husband of Ruby Darby,
which has been addressed to Mr. Calf,
president of the Ardmoreite Publish
ing Company, we desire to state that
it has never been the policy of the
Ardmoreite to do an injustice to any
any person and especially would we
not desire to injure any young woman
who is out in the world making her
way as best she can in an honorable
calling and in an honest manner.
Mr.. Gardiner tells the story in the
sentence in which he says that some
girls followed the show into the Prin-
cess that did not stand the test. The
names of these girls We're evidently
given to this paper as members of the
Ruby Darby Company. This is an er
ror that could very easily have hap
pened.
Whileswe have documentary evidence
trom the federal authorities stating
that we used only such publicity as
was given out by the authorities in a
legitimate manner, yet it is a very
easy matter TO get a bunch of chorus
girls mixed up as to the show they
are affiliated with and in that way
it is very probable indeed that this
paper did connect the names of
girls with the show that did not belong
there.
We have also investigated the state
ments made in the letter concerning
Ruby Darby and find them to be true.
Mr.. Gardiner may rest assured that
when he brings his clever bunch back
to Ardmore they will have full house
as they did when they were here the
last time.