Background
Mantle, Burns was born in December 1873 in Watertown, New York, United States. Son of Robert Burns and Susan (Lawrence) Mantle.
Mantle, Burns was born in December 1873 in Watertown, New York, United States. Son of Robert Burns and Susan (Lawrence) Mantle.
Educated public school and normal college.
1 daughter, Margaret Burns. Dramatic editor Denver Times, 1898-1900, Denver Republican, 1900-1901, Chicago Inter Ocean, 1901-1907, Chicago Tribune, 1907-1908. Sunday editor Chicago Tribune, 1908-1911.
Dramatic editor Evening Mail, New York, 1911-1922. Dramatic editor Daily News, New York, 1922-1943. Dramatic correspondent Chicago Tribune, 1911-1943.
Retired. Editor of Best Plays and Year Book of the Drama in American since 1919.
Clubs: Players, Dutch Treat.
Married Lydia Sears, August 20, 1903.