BEITH, JOHN HAY

(1876), an Eng. writer under the pen name of ‘Ian Hay.’ Educated at St. John’s College Cambridge. Served during World War with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 9th Division with rank of Captain. Has written a number of books and plays the better known being: Pip (1917); The Right Stuff (1908); A Man’s Man (1909); A Safety Watch, (1911); Happy Go-Lucky geet A Knight on Wheels (1914); The Lighter Side of School Life (1914); The First Hundred You sand (1915); Carrying On, (1917); The Last Million, (1918), the last dealing with the war; The Willing Horse, (1921); and A Baker’s Dozen, (1922). His plays include Tilly of Blooms burg, (1919), and A Safety Match (1921).