Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1884 — A Diffident Dramatist. [ARTICLE]

A Diffident Dramatist.

Mr. Sims is a most diffident man in his * personal conduct. On the night when his “ Crutch and Toothpick’ was first brought out he could not be induced to go to the theater. But the place had an irresistible fascination for him, and he walked excitedly up and down the street just in sight of the door, and every now and then a friend came out to tell him how the play was going. When the “Romany Rye - ’ was produced, Mr. Sims escaped to Scotland and could not be induced to return until repeatedly assured that his play liad made a hit.— Chicago Times.