I know that the men make "breaks," and am sorry for it, but, I forget to be sorry when you please me by pointing out the good qualities in "Laquerre," and the bull terrier.

Nothing ever hurt me so much as the line used by many reviewers of "Macklin" that "Mr.

Davis' hero is a cad, and Mr.Davis cannot see it." Macklin I always thought was the best thing I ever did, and it was the one over which I took the most time and care.

Its failure was what as Maggie Cline used to say, "drove me into this business" of play writing.

All that ever was said of it was that it was "A book to read on railroad trains and in a hammock." That was the verdict as delivered to me by Romeike from 300 reviewers, and it drove me to farces.