The Washington times., 1920-05-30
His Promises

SOOQ j lis Tr
aTISTIC,, talented. refined ladies
Swanted by Alexander Light TO
'st6y, rehearse and play parts in his
Akespearean repertoire; evening
hearsaIs; good salary after prodes-
nal tryout in May for the right
daracter; send references. Arply
letter only. care The Coming Show
Magazine. Hotel Savoy, New York.
e FEW weeks after this advertisements
" had appeared in certain New York
4 papers two men presented them
selxes at the desk of the savoy and in-
@ui4ed for Mr.. Light. They wore Inspsctor
Hoiwery, Of the Postoffice Department.
snd Detective McGlynn.
MI. Light appeared in a cutaway ccat,
lavvnder striped trousers. . six hat pearf
Ha3 spats. He carried . silveg>hea4ed
cane. His walk carried on the best tF~di
tioM OF the, school of the elder Booth. ~.
The two approached him. "Mr Ughtr
theS asked.
Yes, gentlemen. am Alexander Light
+sE, rather, Alexander the Son of Light.
fbrkthat is the English Of our ancient
Ar enian name. But you have the ad-
var1age- Of me, sirs" 2i
1Va spoke the ma3estically stepping
perlpn in measured, sonor0us tones.
He two. men had the advantage of him,
cbrfectly enough. They told Mr.. Light so.
They informed him that he was under
arrest.
: Certain pupils" of Mr.. Light, in fact.
hafldpade complaint to the authorities that
he had promised to turn them into foo.-
sasht stars for a minimum price Of $50 up
tsea6 maximum OF some hundreds. This.
"fey sand, he had guaranteed TO do in
ssY, months. They had paid their money.
s4t still were far, from stardom. Indeed.
5Rsy had never even gotten behind the
sooSq1ghts in any capacity. They wanted
naHs police to find out why. Hence the
$$nGounter of Messrs. Honvery and Nc
tiXnn with Mr.. Light.
,fsMr. Light did not get excited or protest
his sinnocence or depart from his attitude
@p immenSe calm and by these tokens In
spector Honvery and Detective McGlynn
say they suspected that he had been ar
rested before. This, they allege, Mr.. Light
admitted. He informed them, they say,
that he had been arrested on similar
charges in st. Paul. st. Louis, Milwaukee.
Chicago and Boston. His real name. he
said, was Gadzakian.
a, While investigating the complaints
against Light the authorities found typi.
cal case of his methods Of instruction. they
say. in the experiences of Miss Sibyl Hall.
of New York. Miss Hall is a clever, good
lodkfng girl Of fine antecedents; she is
painter OF considerable skill. Her mother.
the.widow of the late Charles Mason Hall.
is the author of a volume Of poems now In
process OF publication, and Miss Sfbyls
sister is musician
eve live a quiet, rather secluded life,"
said Mrs. Hail.. ''and the idea of fraud
never occurred to us. Mr.. Light adver-
tised for artistic. talented. refined ladies',
and we reasoned that a man who laid
stress on refinement must himself be re-
fined Besides, he wanted players for
Shakespearean company. We would not
have considered an advertisement for
chorus girls, but Shakespeare--that was
different ta
so we decided to answer the advertise
pent Sibyl wrote to Mr.. Light that she
thbught she would prove worthy Of his
thinning, and that with enough practice
she might eventually be able to play a
shall part in his forthcoming productions.
Sbyl thought it was audacious even to
rsention herself to such great parsonage
AZ we thought Mr.. Light must be, but
Everyone always said Sibyl had talent
,sAfter the letter was mailed Sibyl said
site wished she hadn't written II She
s,sd ithat she would not get an answer;
W light would not even consider such
.Inovice She thoveht she was foolish
~ n to think of ii!
.sSo we We = .stonished, emDar-
';tsed, when Mr. isLt himself made his
,Sipoarance the me-, m ming. He wore
disilk hat. cutaws Z, spf s, cane. bouton-
tlbr4-he was very ims-Jsing Stbyi was
iltsed, as she called u, to think that the
ireat man had called upon her in person,
aid so soon after she had written the
lktter,"
iMts. Hall and Miss Sibyl received Light.
ii'He was very elegant and leisurely.'