Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1917 — Didn’t Appear at Box Office. [ARTICLE]

Didn’t Appear at Box Office.

Things looked black for the dramatist. For the fourth time In one season a play had been withdrawn after a week’s run. “Cheer up, old map,” said a consoling friend. “Perhaps posterity will recognize the genius displayed in your plays.” “Maybe,” said the dramatist, bitterly, “but the difficulty is that, so far as I am concerned, posterity is on the free list.’’