Shipman
LOUIS EVAN, an American author and playwright, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1869. He was educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Harvard University. From 1895 to 1896 he was an editorial writer on "Leslie's Weekly" and from then on contributed frequently to "Life" and "Collier's Weekly," as well as to other magazines.
He wrote: "Urban Dialogues" (1896); "A Group of American Theatrical Caricatures" (1898); "D'Arcy of the Guards" (1899); "Predicaments" (1899); "The Curious Courtship of Kate Poins" (1901); "The Quality of Youth" (1904); and "The True Adventures of a Play" (1914). Of his plays, the best known are "D'Arcy of the Guards" (1901); "The Crisis" (with Winston Churchill, 1902); "The Crossing" (with Winston Churchill, 1905); "The Admiral" (1909); (1909); "The Grain of Dust" (1911); and "The Fountain of Youth" (1918). During the World War he served as a member of the New Hampshire State Commission of Public Safety, state director of the "Four-Minute Men," and local food administrator.