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This page contains theatrical reviews and a single cartoon captioned "Where Ignorance is Bliss, Etc." **The Cartoon:** The illustration depicts two figures on a bridge—a well-dressed man (labeled "Mossback," apparently a rural or unsophisticated visitor) and a city guide or con artist ("Sate"). Mossback points excitedly at what he believes is an Egyptian obelisk, while the guide deceives him with a tall tale about its origin from Egypt. **The Satire:** The joke targets rural gullibility and urban deception. The "Mossback" stereotype represented an unsophisticated country person easily fooled by city slickers. The bridge setting suggests this occurs near a famous landmark (likely Brooklyn Bridge, completed 1883). The guide deliberately lies to the credulous visitor, who accepts the nonsense because of his ignorance—hence the title "Where Ignorance is Bliss." **Social Context:** This reflects period anxieties about rural-urban division and the vulnerability of country folk to metropolitan con artists—a common satirical theme in Gilded Age humor magazines.

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J UDC Kk. | for the famous tarts would put her powers of self control toa tremendous test. Theenvious | manner in which she would witness Belinda’s cool assumption of ownership in the toothsome npound would. be lacking in simulation. mizingly “Home” at Wallack’s and Boucicault’s “Jilt” at the Star have been pleasing big houses all the week, ** Central Park ” goes on at the uptown house next Monday. One little y Tin Sold pianist; has nur 4 ting Rink” without outside interferen two little years had got t strength and intellect and sat de ar has developed a ra Toy Pistol,” red Jolin A. Stevens and —has done this all alone, and yetlived! If her, combined ht down to van emergen heaven alone could have saved the republic. think of the “bursted suspenders,” the | latent fire-bugs,” the “tangled shoestrings,” the “lost collar buttons” and the nurse girl Unless there is a change in the present plans | j,arpoonists that would have resulted is appal of the management Edwin Booth will fill an | jing engagement the Star theatre, commencing agai some time in November. The gloomiest old pessimists in existence would succumb under the influence of “ N & Company's” delightful jollity. Rag Bal nd ac nonstrate what could be done y from the French will be the next attraction at the M: The season at this theatre y Ist, when Manager Palmer will transfer his troupe to Boston for a short run A new pla lison $ “The Leather Patch ” continues to hold the combination; it is being seen nightly by audi- ences who fill the Park thes healthier condition The decline of is set in, and there is a general bearish movementall along the wild-cat investment line. Purely legitimate, gilt-ed, securities are in good demand, but the non-div idend-paying stocks of the ‘Toy Pistol” va ave experienced a gradual decrease in All indications point to in the theatrical stock market. the howling h The Buffalo Expr and very funny elit s devotes a half-column rticle to Nat Good- is to run at the Bijou until July after a long needed rest is to do season by the equally versatile though some what over ambitious Mr, Goodwin. “One of Our Girls” is fast approaching its o hundred and fiftieth represent that is to be appropriatel. Lyceum. In the meantime the wholesome little comedy i proving its ¢ ** Lakme” is vigorously contesting the palm of popularity with the sprightly ‘ Orpheus,” each successive representation being made at the Acad before exceedingly large and ap- preciative audiences. The coming production of Rubenstein’s opera, ‘‘ Nero,” promises to sur- pass all others in the brilliancy and splendor of its stage mountings and the effectiveness of its vocal rendition. The charmingly smooth and dashing manner in which “ The Gypsy Baron” is now being sung is attracting even larger audiences than ever, and the demand for seats still keeps con- siderably in advance of the supply. As Francis Wilson’s German tongue becomes less erratic his American legs appear to grow more and more eccentric, and his heroic efforts to neutral ize the effects convulse the house. By cruelly taking advantage of Maud Harri- | son’s weakness for chocolate eclairs, additional | effect might be given the tart scene in ‘ En- gaged.” Miss Harrison is deliriously fond of this particular confection, and its substitution lisk that co Lice—* Yes, sir; sure as yer born, | attack of the comp! MossBack (first visit to the bridge)—‘ See here, Sate—an’ y: win. It appears that Mr. Goodwin played to very poor and very cold houses in Buffalo and was very indignant about it. He said he “couldn't tickle anybody” in Buffalo; and in order to vent his spite the Express says that on his last night, whe id a full house, he st act being sev Mr. Goodwin in an in- terview with lo reporter says that nobody but Mary Anderson can draw in Buf- falo, and turns up his nose at the town with intense disgust. A natural infer conversation is th: ered about one h pod win’s der purfesh ” the big hi htfully naive n he tellsabout the i ity of “this town first class entertainment ting Rink,” which Mr. wis made : 3 being the case, couldn't the prosperous comedian afford to ‘give the high-art-hating heathen of Buffalo one week of disinterested missionary effort? We may not be hopeless Mr. Goodwin should see us thrill and swell to such inferior entert: Davenport, Barrett, Modjeska, Rhea Anderson. But Mr Goodwin is probably all right. He didn't stop to consider that Governor Hill was | an attraction in Buffalo on the same week that he was. We are pleased to see that in some of our colleges the faculty encourage the student to engage in such . Greek, and mathematics, These games, if not carried too far, interfere but little with the education of the ang men who are destined, etc “WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS,” ETC. Lige—here is that 'ere obe- es from Egypt. You know what I showed ye ther picter of.” Hi'reglyphicks an’ everything.” comicbooks.com