utiful magnetic presence.Augustin Daly usually came with at least three of the stars of his company which Ihave already mentioned,but even the beautiful Rehan and the nice old Mrs.Gilbert seemed thoroughly awed in the presence of "the Guv'nor."He was a most crusty,dictatorial party,as I remember him with his searching eyes and raven locks,always dressed in black and always failing to find virtue in any actor or actress not a member of his own company.I remember one particularly acrid discussion between him and my father in regard to Julia Marlowe,who was then making her first bow to the public.Daly contended that in a few years the lady would be absolutely unheard of and backed his opinion by betting a dinner for those present with my father that his judgment would prove correct.However,he was very kind to Richard and myself and frequently allowed us to play about behind the scenes,which was a privilege I imagine he granted to very few of his friends'children.One night,long after this,when Richard was a reporter in New York,he and Miss Rehan were burlesquing a scene from a play on which the last curtain had just fallen.

It was on the stage of Daly's theatre at Thirtieth Street and Broadway,and from his velvet box at the prompt-entrance Daly stood gloomily watching their fooling.When they had finished the mock scene Richard went over to Daly and said,"How bad do you think I am as an actor,Mr.Daly?"and greatly to my brother's delight the greatest manager of them all of -->>

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