Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-20
THE cRlNOLINE GIRL.
Eliiases Latest Vehicle at New
ACADEMY Of Music Mex, Week.

Eiilnges Latest Vehicle az New
ACADEMY Of Music Mex Week.
THE Crinoline Girl, Julian Eltiu.
ssr's latest starring vehicle, will be
the attraction at the Academy Of
Music, Baltimore, the coming week
THE piece is described as a radiant
melodramaiic mystery farce Of ex-
traordiugry laughable complications
The book is By Otto Hauerbacn,
author OF High Jinks" and ma
dame Sherry, while Mr. Eltinge Is
responsible for the lyrics. The Incl
dental music IL the work Of Percy
Weinrich. Mr.. Hauerbach has sup.
piled fox Mr. Eltinge q legitimate
comedy role q ample proportions
role which enables the actor TO por-
tray in its fullness his ability as
juvenile of the highest type.
The story of the piece, briefly, is
this. Tom Halls, (Mr. Eltinge) a rich
young American in Europe, has got
ten his name publicly connected with
that of a yourg ParisiaD dancer.
This comes to the ears OF bis future
father-in.law, Richard Ainsley, who
Is entertaining Lord Bromleigh and
some friends At Che Rotel de Beau
Rivage Ut Lussane, in Switzerland.
Not alore does he forbid bis daugh.
ter Dorothy 20 see Tom again, but
also threatens TO break the engage
meut between bis nephew, Jerry
Ainsiny, and Alice Hale, TOMS sis
ter. After many proteststions on the
part OF Dorothy Richard Ainsley quail
ifies bis ultimatum to Tom by offer
ing to r. instate him in favor IL he
can earn $4,000 unaided by his
father.
He accepts the conditions and sets
about TO discover some manner in
which he might be successful.
Through the acquaintance OF a young
London newspaper man Charles
Griffith who happens to be n guest at
the hotel Ten learns that a detectiv
has b zen sent from Scotland Yard TO
attend fashionable ball to be given
the same night &c the Hotel de Beau
Rive. His mission is to round up
gang Of thieves thought to have been
responsible for a peculiarly myster-
ious diamond robbery at the last
Charity Ball held in London and
also for the theft of Dorothy'a dia-
mond necklace, which disappeared
equally mysteriously week pre-
vious in Paris.
A reward of $4,000 is offered
for the capture Of the thief or
thieves. With a view Of earning
this and proving his worth 20 Dor
othy's exacting father, Tom decides
TO do ONE privste detective work.
He learns from Griffith that the sus-
picions of the London dets ctives have
been directed toward a certain char
seter who had appeared &C the Charity
Ball in beautiful crinolins gown.
After the guests h ld been searched
on that occasion she was the only one
not accounted for. The theory is
that it was not q woman but a man in
feminine gRrb, who, when the alarm
was given, reno ved his disguise and
dropped the gown containing the
jewels through a window to n confed.
crate below.
This gives Tom an idea, and with
view OF testing mans ability TO
appear successful as woman he
tries on one Of his sisters gowns.
He is SO pleased with the experiment
he attends the bali in crinoline
gown. From this moment be is
swept into a series Of comical, SER
ious and thrilling entanglements,
which causes bis friends no end OF
trouble and in which he loses price
less ruby belonging to his sister
Finally, though, during the evening,
he traps the confederates Of the
thief in the crinoline, gains the re-
ward and so wins the girl Of his aims