Life — April 28, 1892 — page 13: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

The Chaperone: THat’s Jack DASHING, A DISSOLUTE, UNPRINCIPLED SCAMP, HE 1S THE BLACK SHEEP OF HIS FAMILY, YOU KNOW. LOOK OUT FOR HIM, The Debutante: \xpeev I witt, I LOVE HIM ALREADY. of very little that was better than mediocre. “Farce Comedy" is doubtless responsible to some extent for this state of affairs, a large proportion of the brains in the profession having been made vapid by devotion to that branch of the business. Metcalfe. THEY ALWAYS ARE. MINENT ADVOCATE: Where were you when the shot was fired ? WITNESS (deaf): Har? ADVOCATE (roaring): Where were you when the shot was fired? WITNESS (sted! deaf): Har? ADVOCATE (screaming): Where were you JUDGE (to advocate): Never mind, Mr. Sharp. Of course the witness was walking on the railroad track. IN NORTH DAKOTA. Missionary: BROTHER, WHILE THERE 18 VET TIME, FLEE FROM THE City oF De- STRUCTION. Real Estate Rustler: WW yOu'VE COME HERE TO RUN DOWN THIS PLACE, YOU BETTER BE MOVIN’ ON, ANY MAN THAT INTERFERES WITH THIS BOOM'LL COME TO GRIEF, THIS GENTLEMAN HAS JUST ALIGHTED FROM a Fietu Av STAGE AFTER A RELATIVELY SMOOTH AND UNEVENTFUL TRIP. comicbooks.com