Life, 1894-11-08 · page 11 of 14
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# Life Magazine Page 301: Early 20th-Century Theater Reviews This page contains theater reviews and humor pieces from Life magazine. The main content includes: **"An Excellent Reason"** - A witty poem contrasting men's and women's intelligence, suggesting clever women lack pockets while foolish men have fourteen. **Theater Reviews** - Critiques of stage productions including "Rob Roy," featuring performers like Miss Lizzie Macnichol and Mr. W.H. McLaughlin as "Donald Cameron." The review praises the show's originality compared to Gilbert & Sullivan operettas. **Comic Sketches** - Several short humorous dialogues ("A Pusher," "Stuck," "Probably Not") featuring wordplay and situational comedy typical of early 20th-century satirical magazines. **Illustrations** - Period pen-and-ink drawings accompany the text, including a Scottish street scene and a figure on horseback, supporting the theatrical and comedic content.
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i) 90) 3) AN EXCELLENT REASON. HE sexes can never be truly equal, No matter what's written and said and done, While the stupidest man has fourteen pockets, And the cleverest woman has none. Lociet (Me. McLavcnttx). Carr, Ratrw Sweripan (Miss O'Kezrz), ano Ros Rov (Mx. Pavetre). sword dance is very funny indeed. Miss Lizzie Macnichol plays Flora MacDonald with all the woodenness of one of the Scotch lassies that stand in front of a snuff-shop. Her singing is considerably better than her acting. Mr. W. H. McLaughlin is thoroughly adequate as Donald Cameron. Mr. Max Freeman has drilled the company excellently, and the stage pictures and business deserve special commenda- tion, “Rob Roy” is likely to prove a popular success, and largely because of its novelty. We commend it to the public because its authors have dared to get a considerable distance “THISH ISH REALLY A MOSHT R-R-REMAKABL’ AFFAIR. THE from either the Gilbert and Sullivan or the Casino pattern O!RL AN’ THE DORG ARE BOTH (Hic) TWINSH !” for light opera, and have produced an “altogether” of real interest. They are to be congratulated on their courage and originality, resulting in the agreeable entertainment they have produced. Metcalfe. A PUSHER. I T) <%: Swindlebaum is vat might be called fiz de siecle, GOLDHEID : Tink so? IKENSTEL Yesh; he adverdises his fire-sales ten days in advance oaf der fire. STUCK. HE beautiful girl from Cincinnati sat with clenched teeth, “My dear,” said her mother, “ you surprise me. Don’t you know you should never-——” (she lifted up her hands in horror) “ cat more than four caramels at once?” PROBABLY NOT. $6 Ww*s it a love match 2 ? “Hardly. They both belong to the 400.” “BUCKING THE CENTRE.” Comicbooks.com