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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

They seemed untiring, perfect in
health, strong as wrestlers, graceful
as dancers, agile as professional
acrobats. What wonderful fighters.
We suggested this to a Czech officer.
YES" he said, "but then, they are
more interested in drilling than in
fighting. They love teamwork; they
hate fightirg."
Are Poor Runners
Individual competition does not
appeal to the Czechs, They are poor
runners and jumpers; they are
rather clumsy when handling the
shot or the hammer; they know little
about hurdling, and any average
American walker would defeat their
best in a mile race On the flying
rings, the sidehorse, the parallel
and horizontal bars they are in
their element. A dozen picked at
random from the thousands of COM
petitors would make an American
college gymnastic team look like q
bunch Of novices. The boys of
twelve to fourteen and even the
girls of the same age are clever per-
formers on the apparatus.
Here are a few figures. During
the festival $4,000 boys and an
equal number of girls under thir-
teen years of age drilled in the sta
dunn. A total Of $4,000 boys and
girls between thirteen and seventeen
years appeared. Thirty thousand
men and women performed. Four
thousand soldiers went thr&agh a
bayonet and setting-pp drill. Thus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

DAILY we And much Of the odd cor
respondence between Daily and those
who served him. Daily took over the
museum property In 1879 after he
had relinquished the old Fifth Ave-
nue. Theater, where Fanny Daven-
port, Clara Morris, Kate Claxton
and many other artists had ap-
peared under his direction.
DAILY Not SIN Actor
DAILY had begun his life as a news-
paperman and served for ten wears
as a dramatic critic for various New
York newspapers. He at no time
aspired to acting as a profession,
but he upset a.. tradition by prov
ing that it was possible for a dra-
matte critic to write q successful
play, and conspicuous among the
plays Of DAILY authorship must be
counted Leah the Forsaken," a
drama now almost forgotten, but a
great play for its day.
When, in 1879, Augustin DAILY an
nounced his plans for his new thea
ter his fame had travelled, and as
plring artists were appreciative of
the value of dramatic training under
the guidance of master. This may
explain the readiness with which
players Of ability agreed to labor
in the DAILY company at salaries
which, in this day and age, seem un-
believable.
In the book Of Joseph Francis
DAILY we find these interesting let
ters:
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we're soon included, and to-day prac-
tically the whole nation is in train
Ing.
No one who attended the Sokol
Festival of 1920 will ever forget the
wonderful sight Of 10000 girls
drilling together in the mammoth
stadium to the music Of band,
while 10000 spectators looked down
from the immense circular stands.
No one will forget the marvellous
spectacle as the girls in blue skirts,
white waists and red turbaned heads
stood shoulder to shoulder. Imagine,
if you can, strawberry shortcake
GOO feet long by 400 feet wide, 49,
900 red berries resting in 100000
square feet Of whipped cream. That
was the impression had as I locke
down from q seat near President
Masaryk's box. These 10000 girls
every one graceful athlete, every
one the picture of health, strength
and agility-marched, maneuvered
and drilled with the precision of
West Point cadets, under the guild
ance Of women and without single
spoken word of instruction, Women
managed the whole show
Drilled i'm Intense Heat
It was as hot as July afternoon
in the bleachers at the Polo Grounds
The Allied flags flying from @ thou
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
ADA REHAN, at the time
II she Was one of Ddly's.
stars
b ALY'S THEATER

y
shrine for those in Amer
ks who admired the best in drama,
d no more. Men with picks and
,edges began hammering down the
Old structure a week or two ago.
The side walls Of the most famous
etAmerica's theaters went first. The
Broad ay face Of the playhouse,
half disllantled, with the historic
and beloved name Of DAILY still in
evidence. core mute testimony to the
fading Of one Of Broadway's most
conspicuous landmarks.
Here it was that the drama In
ibis new country reached it's high
lTel. On the stage Of Daly's the
plays Of Shakespeare and other of
The worlds most finished dramatists
we're rendered by a school Of play
s!s whose excellence in the most
fascinating of the seven arts cave
them enduring fame. The memory
Of those early conqucsts was pre-
served by the material presence of
tie sacred playhouse, even though
N It's recent years it had been con-
verted to the uses Of the cinema,
form of entertainment of which
is founder never dreamed. Now,
the wrecking crew, responding to the
call Of commercialism, has begun its
work. The bricks, the walnut and
White pine, the slate and the marble
are piled in heaps and hauled away.
Days Thoat,r passes out.
Part of Broadway's Fame
The thousands wl:o have trod
Broadway in the vicinity of Days
have paid little heed to the
angular tragedy that was marking
the end OF the greatest trademark
the Great White Way has ever
'ao~n, for the name of DAILY was
@feotyped in the minds Of those
Who sought perfection in the art Of
ae drama, and with the passing of
ne old theater the name Of DAILY
yves from the street which had hon
"ed 1t for nearly half a century.
those who gazed for a moment at
~e men OF the wrecking crew and
S0Aoered on their strength and zeal
gave little thought to the odd turn
'a'ch tate has taken in dealing with
salstorlc corner, The artists, men
'ad women, who had grown to fame
''0'h the stage Of Days, and who
h>l
"'a helped to establish it as one of
NC most successful drama institu-
"0ns That the world had ever known,
NSa each made a humble start on
lays stage. These men and women
'''u 'oiled faithfully through ardu-
'S' seasons for the upbuilding Of
lays and in the early period Of
Aelf careers they received less
S0aey a day for their efforts than
paid to the laborers who, with
D'ner' pick and shovel, are level
'DS oaly's to the ground.
Started i'm 1879
Aueustin Daily died In Paris in
'''s' He was in his sixty-frst
''Af' and the Days Theater that
~ Know and the one that Is soon
- % a memory was in its twentieth
, ,s' The events preceding the es-
- SO'lshment of the Daily dynasty in
aast formerly was Woods Museum
the intimate history of the play
~ Sase up to the time that its founder
Nv are interestingly described in
sa' avg Life Of Augustin DAILY, COM
n easo BY his brother, Joseph Francis
- Ivy and published by the Macmil-
~ ~ company in 1917, a year after
~ daath Of its author.
= We narrative Of Joseph Francis
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rles memories Of these hosts Of stel-
lar lights.
Edith Kingdom Starred There
Edith Kingdom, who married
George Could was one of those
early day favorites at the famous
playhouse. So, also, was the beloved
Mrs. c. H. Gilbert, the grandma" of
the stage for three generations. May
Irwin came over from Tony Pas
tors and was added to the DAILY
roster. Lillian Russell applied for
admission, but by some misadventure
never Joined. William Collier was a
callboy at Days and later one of
it's actors. His stepfather, Edmund
Collier, had sent this note to Angus
tin DAILY on July 5, 1882:
take the liberty Of penning you
these few lines to ask if you have a
vacancy in any department-as 1
would like to place my stepson be-
fore l go to my engagement. Call
boy, Office, usher or anything. He is
eighteen years Of age, good penman
and correct at figures. Why I would
like to get him in theater Is he is
not strong and cannot do very heavy
work. If you have any such opening
and will give him consideration you
will confer favor on yours truly,
EDMUND COLLIER.
And Willie Collier got the Job.
Other Stars
George Clarke was another Of the
lllustrious members of Days casts,
and there was Rose Coghlan, James
Lewis, Frederick Bond and Virginia
Drcher. Virginia Dreher had tired
Of teaching an elementary school in
Louisville, Ky.
Al Morgan, now with David Be
lasco's executive forces, was one of
her students, which indicates, as Mr..
Morgan puts it, that these things
didn't happen SO very long ago. Miss
Dreher long since retired from the
stage, but under Days tutelage she
became an artist of Skill, grace, cul-
ture and intelligence"
The more than 600 pages>which are
embraced in The Life Of Augustin
DAILY show that he was conspicuous
in every movement for the advance
ment Of the theater from the early
'60s to the day of his death; that
he trained legion of stage aspi-
rants to the higher goal; that he was
the friend and adviser of stars al
ready established and lent his aid at
all times to their artistic advance
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several advantageous offers, and
two, l give you my word Of honor,
are for $50. Thus. you perceive,
am trying to meet your views as to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

a total Of more than $4,000 persons
took part in the exercises, not to
mention the thousands wko had
parts in the pageants. In March
work was started on the stadium and
it was not completed until jlst be-
fore the opening of the festival.
Though all the timber was of native
production and much of the work Of
construction was done by volunteers,
the cost was 80 large that deficit
remained. The cheapest seat was 25
kronen and the highest 100 kronenx
At every session every seat was oc-
cupied and the management stated
that nearly SOC, 900 had to De turned
away on the big day of the week.
No Policemen There
Not excepting the crowds at the
Derby in England or the Oxford Cam.
bridge boat race on the Thames, l
have never seen such a throng as
was at the stadium on the day the
girls drilled. Next to the size of
the crowd the most amazing thing
was that there was not policeman
within the grounds. Perfect order
was maintained because every one
looked out for himself. Another
astonishing fact was that there was
not a single accident; not one call
for medical assistance from the doc
tors and nurses. Not single per-
son was intoxicated. Can any coun-
try beat or equal that record?
America was represented by the
largest visiting delegation-some
1000 Czecho-Americans having come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

In casting mo for such parts as you
deem advisable. will mako my
salary $40 per week, and that Is the
very lowest / can entertain. I have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
MISS FANNY DAVEN-
AVE- PORT, another of the
famous stars developed an
der Days training

ment; that he did more for the i'm,
provement Of the moral tone Of the
drama and advancement Of acting rs
profession than any other man Of
his day, and he attracted greater
audiences for Shakespeare and otheH
classic dramas than any other pro.
Queer the American stage has known.
Some DAILY Achievements
! DAILY did things that no one had
done before. He was the first Amer.
lean to have the temerity to IN
troduce an American company Of
players in London, and he gave them
their own Shakespeare and made
them like it. He was the first and
only American producer to introduce
an American company in Berlin,
where he rendered their German
plays in English TRANSACTIONS, and
discovered that the Germans could
appreciate American art, too. Paris,
invaded once, demanded Days COM
pany a second and a third time.
No other American Of the theater
ever scored SO decisively in the
critical art centers of England and
the Continent.
! AS for Augustin DAILY in his own
country, his policy was 1.-The public
be pleased" Plays that didn't fino
favor in their first presentations
were taken off. Thousands of dol,
lars were spent on productions that
were removed after the first week.
If the public didn't want his new
play, DAILY gave them an old one thas
he knew they liked.
He spent lavishly and reckoned
profits as secondary consideration.
With him, art was the thing. There
were no forced runs; no false exc
ploitations; no padded audiences.
Rather empty benches than an au.
dience of "deadheads" who didn't
know art and sought only a free
show. DAILY chung to these policies.
He made fortunes and lost fortunes,
but he never complained. He worked
for the present; his concern was
not with the dead past. His Fifth
Avenue theater burned in 1878.
Building, scenery, costumes, manu-
scripts were totally destroyed, and
there was not penny Of insurance,
but he was not discouraged. He
borrowed a thcater the next dav and
began all over again.
The opening paragraph Of Days
will, composed January 20, 1898,
and in the testator's handwriting.
gave an insight to the character Of
the man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19

modern Czcchs.
In the earlys COS of the last CEN
fury there dawncd "the hope Of
free constitutional institutions after
the overthrow Of the severest sys-
TEN Of autocratic government under
which especially the non-German
nations of ancient Austria had to
suffer-" in the words Of DR.. Josef
Scheiner, president Of the Bohe-
milan Union of Sokols.
DR.. Miroslav Tyrs was largely re-
sponsible for the organization of
the first Sokol among the gymnasts
of Prague in 1862. 1t grew rapidly.
DR.. Tyrs aimed to harden the phys
ical powers Of the young men, to
strive after the highest agility and
dexterity and to develop their
physical beauty, considering man as
the art product of nature.
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MRS. G. II. GILBERT.
AVE- eUho aoas O stage grand
mother for m2ony gears

salary. I may say that will dress
everything as deliberately as will be
consistent with the character. Yours
sincerely, ADA REHAN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
Skinner a DAILY Star

Otis Skinner Is another notable of
this day who must be registered with
the earliest Of the Daily forces when
the new regime was inaugurated
far back in 1879.
There were a score Of others, many
Of them stars in their own right in
later day, and he wreckage that
the unconcerned thousands have
passed in the last few days along
Broadway at Thirtieth Street car
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Gave Ada Rel1an $35

sincerely, ADA REHAN.
Gave Ada Rehan S35
Mr.. DAILY again bartered-and
successfully. A third letter from
Miss Rehan read:
Dear sir: write to formally close
the engagement with you for the
season of 1890. accept your
offer Of $35 week, with the I'M
Outstanding that you will increase
1t as you promised, should l be
worth more to you, which I sin
cerely trust will be the case. Yours
very truly, ADA REHAN.
These letters represent the most
notable and most interesting con-
nections established by Augustin
DAILY for his new company. The pro-
fessional association between Miss
Rehan and Daily continued until
DAILY died in faraway Paris. Miss
Rehan was with him when he died
John Drew remained at Days over
a long period Of years and became,
perhaps, the first matinee idol the
American stage had known. He
went, finally, under the manage
ment Of Charles Frohman as indi-
vidual star, but on the occasion of
his premier at the Empire Theater
he gave credit to DAILY for all that
he had achieved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
AUGUSTIN DAILY IS DEAD
THIS THEATER IS CLOSED
FOREVER

But it didn't close. Others coun.
seled for its continuance, and tn;
playhouse went first under the man,
agement Of Klaw & Erlanger and
later was transferred to the Shu
berts.
And Edward Lyons, one of the
last Of the resident managers un,
der the Shubert regime, is authorits
for the statement that Rich Dornes
never recntered the theater after the
announcement Of Augustin Days
death. To Richard Dorney, AL
gustin DAILY and Days Theater were
inseparable. One could not exist
without the other.
Richard Dorney, now 72 yeau
old, perhaps regards the razins
of the famous Daily Theater as ar
act most consistent with the apirs
Of poetic justice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
Forgave His Enemies


"1n making this my last will and
testament" he wrote, II ask the for.
giveness and prayers Of any whom ]
have injured at any time and freely
forgive all who have injured me in
any way whatever; and I pray that
Almighty God may be merciful ia
Us all"
When Ada Rehan cabled to Rich
Dorney, Days manager, the az,
nouncement Of Augustin Days
death, Dorney, faithful for years to
the interests Of the man who loved
him, posted written announcement
on the door of Days Theater:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
BY Arthur S. Draper
PRAGUE, Bohemia.

PRACCE, Bohemia.
x YHAT the Olympic games
AW/ were to the ancient Greeks
the Sokol festival is to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-19
A Wonderful Growth

The history Of the Sokol is u
report of the amazing growth of the
movement throughout Bohemia and
Moravia, with an occasional setback,
as in 1866 at the time Of the Prus-
sian war. Women and children
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-08
NEW WOLF SPECIES
REPORTED FOUND BY
MONTANA TKAPPERS

Miles City, Mont, Jan. 3.-Farber
lrion, veteran trapper, who is visit
ing here after being driven out Of the
Centennial valley in southwestern
Montana by snowdrifts, says a spec
les of wolf hitherto unknown to Mon
tana trappers and hunters has made
its appearance in that section.
The wolf is larger than the prairie
variety but not so large as the timber
species, and it's head is more like a
coyotes than a VOLTS. 1t is unusual
ly swift but puts up poor fight. Sew
eral have been caught.
Irion says the southern end of the
valley, and the country on the Idaho
line, is a hunters paradise. Mink,
martin, fox, bear, wolf, coyote, noun
tain lion, lynx and many other ami
mails abound. With bounty high on
many Of these beasts and fur at .
premium, trapping now ranks among
the aristocratic occupations.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-08
is CHAMPION LADY !! 2, :, :, :, :, :,

The following item is reprinted from
the Patton (Iowa) Portrait and will
provo of interest here for the reason
that Mrs. Ruth is sister of Miss
Rink, principal Of the Deering school.
Mrs. Ruth's feat of corn husking will
probably stand as a record, for some
time to come. The item follows: "The
Jefferson Bee is claiming the cham
pionship for a lady corn husker in
Miss Garrells of Churdan who aver
aged 70 bushels per day. Mrs. Eta
Rink Ruth of Dawson township husk-
ed 1920 bushels of corn in 1S 1-2 days
or an average of SO bushels per day,
beating the Churdan lady Is bushels
per day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-08

A. We demand investigation Of all
war expenditures, the Aircraft pro-
gram era the Hog Island Ship Yards pro
,cehases, destruction Of war materials.
investigation of wage adjustments by
the War Labor Board and the Voca-
tional Training System for Ex-service
men.
5. We demand that congressional
legislation shall be put into immediate
effect to care for our distressed COM
rades in arms who because of injuries
or sickness contracted while fighting
for democracy and humanity should be
given more liberal compensation than
has been provided for in the past.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-08
not now has membership Of over
900. L. D. McGahan is the Exalted
Ruler
TilIer-Wisirom Nuptials.

The marriage of George Tiller, a
prominent Burlington young man, to
irene Campbell Wistrom, occurred at
the Presbyterian manse in this city
Monday evening, the ceremony being
performed by the pastor, Rev. P. W.
Erickson. The ring cermoney was
usd; The bride was attended by Miss
McAfee Of this city and<the groom by
Mr.. Campbell Of Burlington. The
bride wore brown travelling suit and
carried roses. The happy couple will
make their home at Burlington.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-08

Minot Farrer Invents Hay Sling.
J Chris. w. Linnertz, prominent
young farmer residing northeast Of
the city, has secured patent on a set
Of hosting and unloading sings for
handling straw, hay, ETC.. on wagons
which promises to make him snug
little fortune. That the invention is
practical has been demonstrated by
the inventor who has used them him
self on his farm for the last two
years. The sling has a center lock
made from one and one fourth inch
pipe, six and \half feet long. It is
really four locks in one, each rope be-
ing locked separately however with one
operation. This makes the handling
of straw or hay very easy, with little
waste. Mr.. Linnertz is now negotiat-
ing with an eastern firm who desires
to buy the patent outright.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-08
H. C. l.. DROVE HIM TO SHARE
GIRLS ROOM, SAYS DAkOTAN

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-When w. H.
Smith, said to be Of Faith, s. D., was
arrested in a Chicago hotel today in
the same room with Miss Gladys
Ehlers, 90, said to be his bookkeeper,
Smith explained:
"Shucks, there's nothing to it. We
simply used the same room to save
expense The young woman has been
my bookkeeper for two years and we
were on our way to Faribault, Mimi,
to be married.
Smith was charged with passing
several worthless checks.
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HOW TO CHOOSE A WIFE.

Louis Rice in Peoples Magazine.)
Suppose you open the letter from
the lady who, perhaps, may be the fu-
ture "Missis." What do you want to
know, most, about her? Judging from
my horde of men correspondents you'll
ask, Just how affectionate is she, and
how will she show it?
That's the easiest thing to deduce
from writing. Does she write nice,
round hand, inclined rightward at not
more than 80 degrees? She's kind
and pleasant and if you make passion
ate love to her she'll say, Don't be
silly" Does she incline her writing
at an angle of more than 60 degrees,
and is it partly angular and full of
eccentric formations? # you don't
make passionate love to her she'll try
to commit suicide. She's that kind.
Fascinating and ardent and highly
emotional and loving to be loved to q
degree that's not only unusual, but
appalling. Does she use an angular,
almost upright hand, with long "t''
bars, and close, accurate letter forma-
tions? Hump thee, my son, along the
path of diligence, for verify she will
demand of thee bigger income every
year, and she will hoard it until thou
shalt pass away smothered by thy own
dollars and cheated of everything else
that the heart Of man may desire.
Does she write back hand, nice
and round and clear? She won't care
q pin whether you kiss her or not, but
she'll suffer II you put your shoes one
inch away from their allotted place.
If it's back hand and full Of sudden
splotches Of ink, and big, uncontrolled
capitals, and long aggressive It" bars,
then she Is jealous as the mischief,
but devoted and ardent; the kind Of
q girl who kisses you only after you've
begged her to for weeks, and nearly
eats you alive when she finally gets to