Life — March 31, 1892 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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-~LIFE-: 203 ANNIVERSARIES OF THE WEEK. WHEN PATIENCE, ETC. OU pay your money and you don’t see the play. Far be it from LiFe to cast any reflections upon lovely woman, but when human beings are so organ- ized that the consciousness of being a public nuisance has no weight it is almost time for somebody else to do something. As a matter of business it is the duty of a theatrical manager to give you a seat from which you can see the performance. If the occupant of the seat in front should hold up a large transparency telling you where to go for umbrellas, the officials of the establishment might possibly interfere. But when self-sacrificing woman accom- plishes the same result by a large hat on a constantly moving head these same officials feel no responsibility. America is the only civilized country where this nuisance is tolerated, and it will continue to flourish as long as people are willing to pay their money for performances they have have little chance of enjoying. AT ANY THEATRE. ASHAWAY: The plumbing in my house broke down the other day and we didn’t get any water for twenty-four hours. CLEVERTON: How did you manage ? DASHAWAY: I got along all right until the next morn- ing and then I needed it badly. yjjjifuii Oxy JUST THINK WHAT AN EXCaPE I HAD, WHAT D'VER MEAN? TMAT WUZ MY HEST GAL ONCE’T. IF 1 HADN'T BROKIN AGERMENT HER EXTRAVIGANCE WOULD HA’ ROt WHY, HER CANDY BILL ALONE IS THREE CENTS A WEEK ! DME, MARCH 27, 1834. DISCOVERY OF THE LARGEST AFRICAN DIAMOND EVER FOUND. MaRch 27, 1614. ADRIAN BLOCK, THE FIRST EUROPEAN SAILOR TO PASS THROUGH HELL GATE, Marcu THE PRINCE OF WA‘ RIGGS: What did the landlady say this morning about the steam heat in our room ? GricGs: She said it was a cold day when she didn’t have any steam turned on. comicbooks.com