Life — February 7, 1884 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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- LIF Mr. John Stetson got out his Derrick last week. That is to say, he produced the popular play, “Confusion,” which was written by.an Englishman, named Joseph Derrick. Who this particular Joseph is I cannot tell you. But “Confusion” is an amusing piece, in which a baby and a pug dog have impressive parts, It is a mild farce, and is acted with joyous, brilliant spirit. But ‘‘Confusion” is not alone upon the bill of the Fifth Avenue Theatre. This farce is preceded by a burlesque, in which Mr. Henry E. Dixey gives a remarkably bright imita- tion of Irving as Shylock, while Miss Florence Gerard—acharm- ing little English actress—imitates Miss Terry. Celia Logan relieved her mind again by producing “ That Man” at the New Park Theatre. That particular man against whom Miss Logan bears a severe grudge is a villainous Belgian» who marries an American girl and disappears gaily, only to turn up again in his own comedy, as the husband of a Belgian woman. There-is some lively action when the three characters meet. Finally, when the complication begins to be painful, “ That Man” kills himself—and it is felt that he is singularly just to himself. This is not a bad play of its kind, and Mrs. Agnes Booth acted the part of the American wife with abundant vigor. Mr. Tom Keene, who came and went suddenly at Niblo’s, is by no means a “ wild Western actor,” as some have called him. He has certainly made a reputation for himself in the West, and I | suppose that he can act many parts as badly as most men can act them. But his Richard III. is a thoughtful, strong performance, exceedingly picturesque, rather subtle, and always interesting. RENDER VNTO $CI§§OR$ THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE SCISSORS - TO the boy with a toy pistol—It's a wise child that knows its own popper.—Merchant Traveler. THE mirthful if somewhat malicious satire which Mr. Attwood ap- plies to the preacher of “‘ sweetness and light” is admirably drawn. Lire, by the way, grows more sparkling with every number, and proves, if any proof were needed, that it is entirely possible to be amusing and decent at the same time. The two conclusions given this week of the burlesque on ‘ Bret James and Henry Harte ” are ex- ceedingly good.—The Tribune. THE good things of Lire are appreciated by the journalists of the daily press, and are freely set forthe with due credit, for the delecta- tion of the general company. LIFE is a good thing—a success, so far as the execution of the design of its founders goes. We trust it is holding its own, and getting forehanded in a financial way. ‘ drs longa ; vita brevis est”—Life is short, Art is long—says the poet. But when Lire and Art join hands and pull together, it is a strong partnership, and one that has earned a long lease of’ public favor.— Buffalo Commercial. THE “ Desperate Sweetness of Your Kiss,” an expression in one of Philip Burke Marston’s poems, reminds Lire of Ella Wheeler's “Poems of Passion,” and ‘what a certain Buffalo dramatic critic would probably term the incarnate delirium of a whirlwind. It will probably require the incarnation of a blizzard to cool down tlie Ameri- can imitators of the Rossetti school to the temperament of respectable passion." —Buffalo Commercial. Lire has entered upon the second year of its existence under most favorable auspices. It is really a model of a humorous journal. Its pictures are always very good, and its humor is the brightest and gayest and pleasantest of the ‘day. It is always refined, and never coarse or vulgar, and its success ismiatter for congratulation. Ask your newsdealer for LiFE, and if he does n't keep it, ask him to send for it. —Burlington Free Press and Times, A Muilho OF INSURANCE ON THE LIVE: “City of Columbus” or IF THEY HAD HELD IT, COULD AND Dollars S OF THE VICTIMS OF THE “Crested Butte Mine,” WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID WITHOUT DELAY OR DEDUCTION, BY The Travelers’ Life and Accident Insurance Company OF HARTFORD, CONN. Any other Accident Company in America would be destroyed by it! OR ANYTHING LIKE IT. We have a surplus of nearly $2,000, 000 to meet just such emergencies. . With all this Security, our rates are very low, and our contract clear and equitable. We issue also Life Policies of every desirable form. Apply at once to any Agent, or the Home Office at Hartford. JAMES G. BATTERSON, President. RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary. JOHN E. MORRIS, Asst. Secretary. comicbooks.com