Life, 1892-11-24 · page 17 of 22
Life — November 24, 1892 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top Cartoon ("Thanksgiving"):** Shows a couple on a couch with the caption "The day when he is sure to be accepted"—a joke about marriage proposals. Men apparently propose on Thanksgiving, confident of acceptance (possibly because the woman is grateful for the holiday gathering or domestic comfort). **Bottom Cartoon ("Impressed"):** Two Irish working-class men ("Hooligan" and "Keeper") debate biblical history. One claims St. Patrick killed snakes; the other argues Samson killed lions and "Filleysteins" (antisemitic slur). They've bet money on it. The joke mocks Irish-American immigrants' garbled understanding of scripture and their casual bigotry—ethnic humor typical of early 1900s Life magazine. **Theater Reviews:** The remaining text critiques Broadway productions—"Aristocracy" and "Lena Despard"—praising male actors while dismissing female performances as inadequate, reflecting period gender biases in theatrical criticism.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
THANKSGIVING. THE DAY WHEN HE IS SURE TO BE ACCEPTED, member of the entire aristocracy of Europe to-day is either a fool or _ it failed of effect, but outside of this it remains very aknave. In so far as the piece was didactic and its premises false much what its author intended it to be—a drama with a — a lesson. . Messrs. Frohman and Hayman have given the piece a handsome mounting. In the second act a good many Americans see for the first time the costuming which in this enlightened century, Her Intelligent Majesty, the Queen of England, in: shall be worn by women at court. These costumes are elegant and instructive if not artistic or picturesque. “ Aristocracy " is well cast, the men, however, carry- ing off most of the honors. Mr. Lackaye's Jefferson Stockton, and Mr. Bond's portrayal of the fin du stécle Frenchman are especially meritorious. Messrs, Faver- sham, Arthur and Miller, have good conceptions of their respective parts and the entire performance on the male side is encouraging to those who know that among the young men of to-day we have to find the actors who are to make the American stage of the future. Miss Walsh's Diana Stockton was a fairly even performance but lacking in finish. Miss Allen’s Vérgénéa, although earnest and sincere, was marred by the monotony of the minor tone in her voice. On the whole, however, the presentation of “ Aristocracy" is an adequate one and well worth seeing. EXT to Mr. Maurice Barrymore's clothes, the I worst thing in the performance of “Lena Hooligan; 13 THOT WAN AV THIM BASTES WOT SAMSON KILLED ? Despard ” at the pretty, new Manhattan Opera House, IMPRESSED. Kaper: ice eens . * was Mrs. Bernard Beere’s acting. It’s charity to say Hooligan: MURPHY AND ME MAD A BET AS TO WITHER ST, PATRICK is a back-number who is being foisted upon the WOT KILLED TH’ KES, OR SAMSON WHO KILLED TH' LION AND THE she Ss a Th . s ains wh P " FILLEYSTEINS WAS THE BIST MON, BUT, BEGORRA, ST, PATRICK WASN'T American public. © question remains whether at IN IT, I'M OUT TREE DOLLARS. any time she could act. Metcalfe. comicbooks.com