comic writer and dramatic critic. He was a man of considerable education with an absorbing insight into character. In this respect he was like the present George Cohan. But he had more refine

r and had he lived I have no doubt that he would have proved a

d with the versatile Hoyt. For whatever charm poor Hoyt lacked Charles Thomas made amends as he was one of the handsomest and most fasc

d was silent, but the first time I met him sober I demanded an apology, which he gave, but not with very good grace. A few months later Bert Dasher, one of his business friends, told me that Hoyt met him one cold, frosty night in January in

ut him on the point of the jaw." He accompanied the remark with a downward swing from the shoulder to the knee. The force of the swingin

alone, sought someone to go with him. He soon found a friend and invited him to come along. Much to Hoyt's astonishment his friend quietly but firmly refused the invitation. "Why not?" asked Hoyt. His friend replied, "I don't like Go

friend of Hoyt's one day, referring to the exorbitant charges of t

bunch and yet there are some curious creatures who wondered wh