Life, 1892-08-25 · page 10 of 14
Life — August 25, 1892 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# "Anniversaries of the Week" - Life Magazine Page This page contains historical commemorative cartoons and a drama review. The top cartoon depicts **Henry Hudson's 1609 discovery of New York**, showing a crowded shoreline with a ship. Below that is an 1870 cartoon about **Professor Faber's talking machine exhibition in London**—an early mechanical speech device that fascinated Victorian audiences. The third cartoon shows a large crowd gathered for the **1877 death of Bethlehem Young** (the Mormon leader). On the right, "The Uses of a Chaperon" is a humor comic about summer romance and propriety—a young man and woman cannot be alone together without adult supervision, a strict social convention of the era. The drama section reviews "Capt. Letterblaire," praising actress Marguerite Merington's fresh approach to American theater.
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Avoust 27TH, 1609. NEW YORK DISCOVERED BY HENRY HUDSON. GUST 27TH, 1870, THE EXHIBITION LN LONDON OF THE TALKING MACHINE BY PROF. FABER, OF VIENNA, AUGUST 29TH, 1877. DEATH OF BRIGHAM YOUNG. : That was a bad mistake Pringle made, wasn’t of marrying a girl who made all her own gowns ? : Why, I should think she would make just the right kind of a wife. Briccs: Not much. The first week after they were mar- ried she opened accounts with three dressmakers. THE USES OF A CHAPERON. The Summer Girl: TO SEPARATE US. Impecunious Youth: The Summer Girt ; SOME LETTERS. a i a Horrors! THERE COMES MY CHAPERONE WHaT CAN WE DO? I'LL S\Y UM COING TO MY ROOM TO WRITE T wit > T THE PIER IN FIVE MINUTES, Goop! I'LL HAVE THE CANOE ALL READY, THE PRELIMINARY SEASON. N “Capt. Lettarblair,” Miss Marguerite Merington, a dramatist new to the American public, has shown a freshness of imagination which brings something new to the American stage. First off, it’s fair to presume that Miss Merington is a clever woman from the fact that the dialogue shows wit and sense—both unusual to the usual play. Further, Miss Merington has made an emotional and yet a clean play—which is unusual to the American stage. In “Capt. Lettarblair,” Lire thinks Mr. Sothern has found a valuable piece of property. As presented at the Lyceum, it comicbooks.com