Life, 1889-10-31 · page 10 of 18
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# "The New Spitz" and "Wonders of Science" This page contains two satirical cartoons and a drama review. **"The New Spitz"** (top) depicts a couple with a small dog, joking about weight gain—a humorous domestic scene with no clear political content. **"Wonders of Science: The Marvels of Naval Artillery. The Inhabited Shell"** (bottom) is a fantastical illustration showing a massive artillery shell containing tiny people and civilization inside it. This appears to be satirizing contemporary fascination with scientific and military technological advancement, imagining an absurd scenario where weaponry becomes so large it could contain entire worlds—likely mocking both technological boosterism and military excess of the era. The page also reviews Mr. Daly's theatrical production "The Great Unknown," discussing various actors' performances.
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THE NEW SPITZ. He: THAT'S A HANDSOME BREED 15 17? Boston High School Graduate (embarrassed) SALIVA DOG ACKSON: Mrs. Henpeck tells me she gained six pounds while she was in the mountains. HEN That's nothing; I gained twelve while she was away DOG YOU HAVE THERE. WHat THAT! THAT'S A WONDERS OF SCIENCE, ‘THE MARVELS OF NAVAL ARTILLERY, THe INHAnITED SHELL, SecA A 7/||\ERS AT DALY'S. ‘€--HE GREAT UNKNOWN" is another success to be added to Mr. Daly’s list. The play itself is not made up of so many of those surprises which habitually con- tribute to the hilarity of his audiences, but it offers excep- tional opportunities for clever acting, and those opportunities are never wasted. Miss Rehan, as £¢na, keeps the audience in a continual flurry of laughter, and the love scene with Ned Dreemer is a delightful bit of acting. In this scene Mr. Drew, as Cousin Ned, is just the lover the situation de- mands. There exists a harrowing uncertainty on both sides as to the other's sentiments and meaning that is rendered with much delicacy and skill. As Jeremiah Janaway, Mr. Lewis is, of course, all the character demands, and a little more besides. Mr. Wilton Lackaye, who makes his first appearance in this company as O'Donnell Don, is a most convincing lover. He has a pleasing presence and an easy manner, and he is, moreover, the happy possessor of an exceptionally agreeable voice. Mr. Daly is to be congratulated upon the acquisition to his company of such a desirable member as Mr. Lackaye gives every promise of becoming. . . . THE imported English stock actor is growing to be rather a nuisance. He not only pervades the Amer- ican stage, but we have an over-sufficiency of him —an over-self-sufficiency would express it better, perhaps — almost every- where else, In the privacy of our domiciles we may successfully elude him, but in all public places his loud clothes and loud voice are persistently ob- trusive, So much for him as a nuisance. Profes- sionally he is a cuckoo, and bids fair to appropri- ate entirely the nest of the American stock actor. It is difficult to determine the cause of the increased immigration of English actors. Our own Ang:>- maniac tendencies t something to do wi es comicbooks.com