The times., 1901-05-05

told of the multitudious crimes 70,
which Nero was wanted He was
accurately described, with photo
srlph OF his person, together with the
Information that he would likely frequent
fashionable society. The notice hung or
the bulletin board of the Baltimore de
tective department with a score of Iegiti.
mate ones The large reward served tc
attract all the men of the force. but nc
real attention was paid to it until Detec-
i've Poehler Baltimore Hawkshaw. ar
rested e. w. Webster at the Stafford Ho-
Tel, on suspicion of being the English
crook.
Once arraigned before Chief Pumphrey
IL was settled fact that Webster
and Nero were one and the same The
Baltimore force to man congratulated
itself that il had the real culprit, never
dreaming of the fake - They planned
the disposition of the $25.0Oo with much
mental pleasure. Immediately Scotland
Yard. London, was cabled for a more
specific description than the circular gave,
and incidentally it was mentioned that
Captain Nero had been located. The re-
ward circular was signed "CIeve Ryley.
Detective Sergeant" and It was to him
that the cable was addressed. 1t may
be said here that Cleve Ryley is the hero
of Messrs. Arthur Shirley and Benjamin
Landeck's drama. Scotland Yard was, of
course, at sea al the reception of the ca
bic message. and so cabled back to Chief
Pumphrey that no such criminal as Cap
tain Nero was known to them.
The advance heraldiug of From Scot
land Yard was now general, and soon
the clever game worked upon the detec-
tiVeS became known to them The press
of Baltimore had been notified of the
capture of so noted crook as Captain
Nero. The papers followed up the news
OF the arrest with the expose of the press
agent work and heaped abuse on the
heads of the detectives Good-natured
salies were directed at the department
and the individuals composing the force
were asked the use they were going to
make of the English gold In the aggre-
gate, From Scotland Yard" Teaped some
fourteen columns of advertising of a kind
impossible to buy. There is no gain
saying the fact that the business re
sulting in Baltimore last week in a large
measure was due to the publicity given
the play by means of the press agent
imagination in successfully creating news
at the expense of the municipal Sherlock
Holmes staff.
Ben Teal is directing the rehearsals of
the company that will support n c. Good
win and Maxine Elliott in THE Merchant
of Venice" Klaw & Erlanger are giving
this production most elaborate equip
ment. Were it intended to run a year.
instead OF but twenty-eight performances,
they could not do more for it.
No special production of a classical play
made in this country has attracted the
public attention this project creates, prin-
cipally, perhaps, through curiosity as to
what Mr.. Goodwin will accomplish with
the character of Shylock. very artis-
tic impersOnation may be expected of him.
for he thoroughly understands himself and
the limit of his histrionic ability. He would
not essay any impersonation he did not
feel confident he could portray with credit
TO his record and standing as an actor.
He frankly declares he will present
somewhat original conception of the part.
Ada Rehau has gone abroad closing her
season earlier than was contemplated, be-
cause of i'll health. She will not return
10 America till next September. Martha
Morton has contracted with Klaw g. Err
langer to write a new modern society
play for Miss Rehan, to be ready August
|. Miss Rehan viii make her first appear
ance in ii in October.
Miss Morton has abandoned a proposed
trip to Europe and will devote the entire
summer to the composition of the new
piece. Miss Morton is the author of sew
eral successful plays, among them The
Fool of Fortune"
Musical comedies and burlesques have
ruined nearly every manager in
this country who has steadfastly stuck to
hem. One of the single exceptions to the
generality was the late Augustin DAILY,
who succeeded where others failed. The
that the other managers made
seemed TO be on account Of the fact that
hey brought over English companies to
present the pieces. Mr.. DAILY did exactly
he opposite; he bought the American
lights for English comedies and presented
hem with American companies, and the
results proved conclusiYeiy that he was
light.
Mr. DAILY was man who was constantly
new things, and it is said that
tod
lies after q very bad season he was in
,retty hard lines. financially, but the first
me he presented, The Geisha, was an
success and he recouped his
previous losses in one season. The music
md the acting at once pleased the public,
md it had run of considerable duration.
When IL went on the road the piece was
equally successful, and has continued to
'e money maker ever since. 1t has lost
zone of its popularity up to this time, and
wherever it Is sung always meets with a
avorable re e-eptiou. So successful was Mr..
Daiy with TINS musical endeaVOr that ne
,ept a sharp lookout for its English sue
essors, and secured the American rights
o most of them. He was the first TO pro-
nd "A Runaway Girl" both being as sue
essful from a financial standpoint as was
The Geisha.
In the season that commences at the Co
lmbia Theatre tomorrow night these Daily |
MUSICAL comedies will be produced exactly |
S they were given on the stage at Days |
'heatre New York City so far as scenery |
nd costumes are concerned. and further |
more, the management has secured as |
many of the original cast as was possible. |
William Norris, to whom is accredited |
ne of the distinct hits of Viola Aliens |
of I'm the Palace of the King,
.il handle the title role of Gustav /
.uders and Frank Pixley's opera. King |
)odo," which will be presented this sum
Ter at the Studebaker Theatre, Chicago. |
Last week proved to be a turning point |
l the affairs of the Lafayette. Mr. Ber-
er reassumed the management of the |
ompany, another stage director, William
eymour, replaced Walter Clarke Bellows |
nd several new faces were noted |
mong the players interpreting Rose
ale, ," the week. $ bill. In fact, the com
any was almost an entirely strange one,
,r but four charter" members appeared,
nd so the performance was particularly |
lteresting in that there were numerous
ew people to meet whose work on their
litial appearance would count for so
luch in their future local career.
1t is now over forty years since Rose |
ale" was written, and the play is, of |
purse, old fashioned in plot, conSJTuc- |
on, and characterizatiOns, but it never
leless proved a potent attraction and. |
resented, as it was, in so thorough a
tanner, II mas undoubtedly helpeu, as
Ir Tweedlepunch would say, to cement
III friendship with the Lafayette stock
)mpany. and to keep the public alive
ith anticipation for the bills that are to
blow The company mas Il new juvenile
Wright Kramer, who was last seen 10
Ally with Ada Rehan in Sweet Nell of
Id Drury" To Mr.. Kramers lot fell
le role of Matthew Leigh, the village
jctor in 'Rosedale, a part easily over
ayed. The speeches are long, stilted |
nd unusual, and many players might |
AXE the mistake of delivering them bonn
1 sLicalLA. hut Mr krlrnar-S S cnncanIinn |