HAMMOND, PERCY. Critic; b. Cadiz, Ohio, ; d. New York, .
The young Percy Hammond was enraptured with the touring productions coming through his hometown. From the beginning he knew his mind. He ran away from home at age 15 and got as far as Pittsburgh, where he sold papers on the streets and took his earnings to the theaters, sitting high up in the balconies. He then traveled to Washington, D.C., where after almost starving...