Sewell Collins

He joined the staff of the Chicago Tribune in 1893, remaining with that paper for four years as cartoonist, specializing in theatrical work.

His work attracted the attention of William Randolph Hearst, who engaged him to come to New York, joining the staff of the Evening Journal.

He wrote several one-act sketches, including Awake at the Switch, Thirty Dollars, The Blue Danube, Fine Feathers, The Father, and Somebody.

His play Miss Patsy, produced by Henry W. Savage and starring Gertrude Quinlan, opened on Broadway in 1910.

The same year, he went to London to write, produce, and paint, and he made portraits of many prominent actors and actresses from Europe and America.