Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-10
MISS BOYNTON
WITH ACTRESS
Secretary for Miss Maude Adams
Helped Rid Her of An Insane
Admirer.

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Miss Louise Boynton, formerly OF
this city. but who is 10Y secretary
for Miss Maude Adams, the actress,
figures prominently in a little aifa1r
which took place in New York yes
terday. Miss Boynton rode to the asy-
lum with Il man supposed to be in
sane who had called to see Miss Adj
ans and ask the actress to marry
him. The man is now in the asylum
under treatment.
Those who have see the play Pc
ter Pan remember the tiny light
which follows Miss Adams about and
is known as Tinker Bell. The mar
who managed that light from the OPP
ening night of the play until a week
ago was Morris G%ottlieb, a small,
slender, delicate fellow in his fortieth
year. He does not look the impetuOus
lover, for his eyes. though large and
blue, are very mild. and his chin is
far from strong, and he is thin and
pale and his head is bald in front.
But what Morris lacks in robustness
he makes mp in imagination. From
the very first rehearsal of the play
he showed a wonderful skill in man
aging the fairy light of Tinker Bell,
Il sympathy with the story which none
but an artist could feel.
And, like every one who sees
Maude Adams, he began to love her a
great deal. Her voice thrilled him.
Every time she pleaded for Tinker
Bells life her distress seemed to him
more and more real, and he swiftly
made the light grow bigger at the
first reply from the audience. Then
poor Morris felt that he and Miss
Adams really made the play q sue
cess, and then he began to believe
that she returned his love.
Soon Morris fancied that Miss Ad-
ans was in love with him. It was
but a feeting idea at first, but it re-
turned with more force every night.
He thought she was smiling up at
him when really she was smiling at
he audience. In his lucid intervals,
Morris knew that this belief was the
work of his Imagination. But soon
the lucid intervals ceased altogether.
The little man was love mad.
While in this condition Morris
wrote more than a score of letters to
Miss Adams, very humbly but ardent
ly, avowing his love and begging her
% love him. The actress tore the
The letters up and threw them away.
Morris did not know that. He never
received any letter from her; but no
matter-there were her smiles every
night when he followed her so faith
fully with the loving fairy light.
II thought truly she loved me-"
said Morris to a reporter in court
yesterday. II felt strange ii week
ago, and | understood then that she
did not love me. So | remembered
he way | felt toward her all this
time, and | said to myself, Morris,
you must 90 away. Your mind is
clouded, Maybe you will get worse
and do her some harm when she
won't listen to you; OF maybe you
will hurt some n who you think is
keeping her from YOU
so | gave up my place in the the
lter and started for California to live
with an uncle of mine, who has a
fruit ranch. But in Chicago | had a
dream. The spirit of my father came
10 me. He said: Morris. you are mis-
taken. Miss Adams does love YOU
Therefore | hurried back to New
York. You may guess whether that
was a happy journey of mine, back
over the same road on which | had
been so unhappy a few days before"
Morris arrived in New York last
Thursday morning. He went at
once TO the Hotel Manhattan, where
Miss Adams was staying. He sen up
I letter to her telling how glad he
was that his fathers spirit revealed
the truth about her love, and that
now he had come to claim her N mar
riage. Miss Adams at once recogniZ-
ed the handwriting as that of the in
fatuated admirer she had received so.
many letters from, so she wrote a
note 10 the superintendent of Belle
vue hospital reciting the facts. Her
secretary, Miss Louise Boynton, went
down to the parlor, handed the note
10 Morris Gottlieb, and asked him
whether as a favor to Miss Adams he
go to Bellevue and have his
mind examined.
Il will go anywhere to oblige Miss
Adams," said Morris promptly; so
Miss Boynton took him in a carriage