and reflective of the ideology of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party. The newspaper styled itself as a newspaper of politics, society, and literature, but published very few literary texts. A typical issue contained editorials, political review, agricultural news and advice, news from Lithuania, chronicles of local events, short news from various towns and villages. In 1929, it added section for healthcare and newly published books. Most of the attention was devoted to Lithuanians living in Vilnius Region – anti-Lithuanian policies of Poland, issues concerning Lithuanian-language schools (many of them maintained by the Lithuanian Education Society Rytas), activities of various Lithuanian societies, etc. It acted as an organ of the Provisional Committee of Vilnius Lithuanians. Supplements Farmer's supplement Mūsų artojas published articles on agriculture, husbandry, and horticulture as well as practical advice to farmers and their wives. Children's supplement Aušrelė published short stories, poems, articles on history, geography, nature, as well as didactic lectures. It increased its page count from eight to 16 in 1935 and frequency from every two weeks to weekly in 1937. Often Aušrelė was the only Lithuanian text available to children in villages. Therefore, the issues sometimes were collected, bound, and sold as books. The newspaper published literature works as separate books which were often distributed for no additional costs to its subscribers. In this series, texts by and plays by were published. Personnel The official editor and publisher was Julius Navikas, a 70-year-old blacksmith from Antakalnis. He was paid 60 or 75 Polish złotys per month but was not involved with the editorial process. As the official editor, he was legally responsible for the newspaper's content and thus, when issues were confiscated by the police, he was the one put on trial. The actual editor-in-chief was Vincas Budrevičius. He worked as a head of administration of the Lithuanian and wrote very little. He did edit submitted texts to remove strongest anti-Polish sentiments and became known for his calm and restrained editing style. The editorial team included (Mackevičius), , . Mackonis was the most prominent contributor to the newspaper. His texts sometimes took five pages of a single issue. His most popular articles were collected and published as separate books Kovoje užgimtąją kalbą (1929) about the Lithuanian press ban and Tautinės mažumos (1937) about the national minorities. References External links Full-text archives of Vilniaus rytojus Publications established in 1928 Publications disestablished in 1937 1928 establishments in Poland