Judge, 1886-10-23 · page 11 of 19
Judge — October 23, 1886 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This page from Judge magazine contains theatrical criticism and light satirical verses rather than political cartoons. The main article, "Judge and the Play," reviews contemporary theater productions. It criticizes a company's staging of "Pera" (likely *La Péra*, a French play) as unsuccessful in America, and discusses other theatrical works including "The O'Reagans," "Dockstaders," and "Theodora." The critic mocks the lead actress's excessive vocal projection—describing how she forces words down "into the muzzle of an imaginary cannon," suggesting her delivery is unnaturally theatrical and destructive to the art form. The scattered verses mock common pretensions: a philosopher claiming illness is "mental impression" while seasick, and a couple discussing decorative plants at a flower show. The page's illustration shows a destitute man, captioned "A power behind the throne"—a sardonic reference to influencing authority from poverty. The advertisements below include remedies for deafness, typical of period medical marketing.
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A power behind the thrown, AND THE JUDGE PLAY. PERA with adomestic seandal attachment is not popular on this side of the Atlantic, even though it possesse people have heretofore considered ijunct to suecess—the quality of being quite Eng. you know what som lish, atic company: yielded to the iled to connect with its Pa, last week, and now | tee of all that is mourn- is to —outat Sh s the residu does ne her great success. an who chews gum 1 fairs of life. Aw If Byzantium of old smelt half as bad as is represented down at Niblo’s, we cannot con. ourselves too much in not catching the first Byzantine express at our conception. deuced sight move fun in reflecting, ntury or two behind upon one’s escape from . than there is in being on the ground de neans for its accomplishment There is premature ¢ r port wields a quill that is as full of nis of natural and eccentric whisky: tion of an am’ us woman te pmplish a th brush to do it. Therefore, that she may ultimately make the 1 snecessful one would not surprise one who has subjected her manuscript to the tender mer. sof the crucible and circular saw of analysis. Wilson Barrett as much as that of tra bination we should have; verage Chi eristic of the deter. 1H] summer and « 4s a melodious and persuasive voic and his gift is that of pathos quite | If Miss Eastlake might be 1 Je Miss Terry what a perfect com- but she is sufficiently good to give harmony and tone and sweetness: to the higher strength of a remarkably strong combination. The English you know and sce in these visitors does the soul nd the cousinship is ratified with cheers as often as it | presents itself in such splendid theatrical garment | | suggestive of the intellectual contests of lies concealed therein | “Tisn't such bad res the “The O'Reagans “—good old Roman antiquity : and Dockstader’s—what we Il to worry along with a title th: reg of a back ¢ arrant to discover its euphony. The a . ¢., like the parag enerally employed in doing nothing and doing it nob! hing that arouses him a realization of the goneness of his occupation is a blessing . all hail the O'Rea and Dockstaders of our vocabulary! “Theodora” is remarkable ina me tl Ith of poet ns | ny respects—remarkable in stage effects, in the casting and in the malarial suggestions which surround its representation; but the most mar- velous of all its remarkable features is the abnormal gift of lung whieh the principal perform- ers seem to be possessed of, A little lung y; too much goes further and for. gets to come back. [t may he quite the Byzantine thing to bite one’s words of their birt ram them down into the muzzle of an imaginary cannon and touch the load off by elect! but in this year of Democratic success and gene pravity it is de idedly awkwa oH] If Miss Olcott would go down into the cel Ner gun the effect might not be so | artistic: but it would he less deadly, and she would hay the satisfaction of being able to haul | in the echo before it left the state. ‘vou will be sure to get a good v | months, WHERE IT IS LOCATED. A man philosophic remarked As he on the ocean embarked, “All illness is mental impression, If sea-sick I know emotion I'll show— My mind shall restrain its expressio By sea-sickness driven quite frantic Soon hung o'er the raging Atlantic Professor Theophilus Cumme He gasped, * Now Fm sur By the pangs Tendure, That the seat of the mind is the stoma AT THE FLOWER SHOW. He— That, my dear, screw palm.” She—" You don't say? How lovely it must look with the screws hanging on is what is called a ONE OF WIGGINS'S QUAKES, Young man— Hark, — darling! ta shock of earthquake 2” Young woman (listening)—"* No, goosey. that’s only pa snoring in the third story.” Young man—** But, I say, look there ; that. picture has just been shaken from the wall.” Young toman—"Hm! I guess ma must be snoring too.” Wasn't ADVANTAGE OF A BUSTLE. * Don't be fidgetting that,” said a lady daughter,” “Oh, ma, the bench is so hard I ean’t help it,” pleaded the litle sinner, “It's no harder for you than it is for me ngrily retorted the lady. “Oh, yes, it is, m: “for you | in't round on the seat like a m_ church to her little insisted the little girl ; ave acushion in your dress, an’ I WELL VERSED. here comes that Miss Flygh who eloped with old Smith some time ago. aid Mrs, Brown, nudging her husband. “1 have heard so much about her that I want to get a good look at her face, but I don't wish to appear rude U directly at he “As you have your new bonnet on, my ar,” returned Brown, ‘all you need do is to turn around has passed and ew of her face * Gracious ! as soon as shi EPIGRAM, Ab, me f I'm really grieved to hear You deem a kiss a senseless token ; But when you sa uld not bear man, I really sense should rema feign to hide it? . L guess you've never tried it J. J. 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