Theatre, January 11, 1905); “The Education of Mr. Pipp,” from pictures by Charles Dana Gibson, (New York:  Liberty Theatre, February 20, 1905); “Delancey” (New York:  Empire Theatre, September 4, 1905); “The Embassy Ball” (New York:  Daly’s Theatre, March 5, 1906); “The Ranger” (New York:  Wallack’s Theatre, September 2, 1907); “The Witching Hour” (New York:  Hackett’s Theatre, November 18, 1907); “The Harvest Moon” (New York:  Garrick Theatre, October 18, 1909); “The Member from Ozark” (Detroit, Mich., Opera House, 1910); “As a Man Thinks” (New York:  39th Street Theatre, March 13, 1911); “The Model” (New York:  Harris Theatre, August 31, 1912); “Mere Man” (New York:  Harris Theatre, November 25, 1912); “Indian Summer” (New York:  Criterion Theatre, October 27, 1913); “Rio Grande” (New York:  Empire Theatre, April 4, 1916); “The Copperhead” (Hartford, Conn., January 22, 1918); “Palmy Days” (New York:  The Playhouse, October 27, 1919); “Under the Bough,” previously called “The Blue Devil” and “Speak of the Devil” (Boston:  Colonial Theatre, May 31, 1920).  Other plays credited to Mr. Thomas are:  “A Leaf from the Woods,” one act (St. Louis:  Pope’s Theatre, 1883); “A New Year’s Call,” one act (St. Louis:  Pope’s Theatre, 1883); “A Night’s Frolic” (New York:  Herald Square Theatre, 1888); “A Proper Impropriety,” one act (New York:  Union Square Theatre, 1889); “Alone” (St. Louis:  Pickwick Theatre, 1881); “Chimmie Fadden,” from the book of E. W. Townsend (New York:  Palmer’s Theatre, 1881); “Combustion” (St. Louis:  Pope’s Theatre, 1883); “For Money” (New York:  Star Theatre, 1890); “Love Will Find the Way,” written for amateurs; “The Big Rise” (St. Louis:  Pope’s Theatre, 1881); “The Dress Suit,” written for amateurs only; “The Jucklins” (on the road, 1896); “The Music Box,” written for amateurs only.

CLYDE FITCH

Born, Elmira, New York, May 2, 1865.  Died at Chalons-sur-Marne, September 4, 1909.  Author of the following plays, with their dates of first production:  “Beau Brummell” (New York:  Madison Square Theatre, May 17, 1890); “Frederic Lemaitre” (New York:  Daly’s Theatre, December 1, 1890); “Betty’s Finish” (Boston Museum, December 29, 1890); “Pamela’s Prodigy” (London:  Royal Court Theatre, October 21, 1891); “A Modern Match” (New York:  Union Square Theatre, March 14, 1892.  Later played by the Kendalsas “Marriage"); “The Masked Ball,” from the French of Bisson (New York:  Palmer’s Theatre, October 3, 1892); “The Harvest,” afterwards used in “The Moth and the Flame” (Theatre of Arts and Letters, New York:  Fifth Avenue Theatre, January 26, 1893); “April Weather” (Chicago:  Opera House, May 29, 1893); “A Shattered Idol,” from the French of Balzac, “Old Goriot” (St. Paul, Minn.:  Globe Theatre, July 31, 1893); “The Social Swim,” adapted from the French of Sardou (New York:  Harlem Opera House, September 22, 1893); “An American Duchess,” from the French of Lavadan (New York:  Lyceum Theatre,