Life, 1906-03-01 · page 25 of 46
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This page combines theatrical reviews with a satirical cartoon and joke about rising costs of living. **The Main Cartoon:** The illustration depicts a domestic quarrel where a husband and wife argue over household expenses. The caption reads: "It's awful, isn't it, the way the price of necessities has gone up!" with the wife's response: "Why, husbands are twice as much as they were." **The Satire:** This is a joke about marriage costs and male value. The wife implies that husbands themselves have become more expensive to maintain—a double meaning suggesting both literal inflation and a commentary on men's increased financial burden to wives or, alternatively, a cutting remark about husbands' diminished worth relative to their cost. **Context:** Published during a period of economic inflation, this reflects early 20th-century concerns about rising living expenses and domestic economics, with gender-based humor typical of the era's satirical magazine tradition. **Supporting Content:** The page also includes theater reviews and a children's joke about a girl practicing first aid on her baby brother—dark humor for the period.
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IT'S AWFUL, ISN'T IT, THE WAY THE PRICE OF NECESSITIES HAS Go! TeRioLe ! that it was rather an imitation of the thing he knew at home, and not exactly a faithful one at that, The American familiar with any of our bunting ‘communities would have rather the same feeling in witnessing this play ; in fact, he would have the impression that he was seeing the counterfeit of a counterfeit, the shadow of a shadow, Messrs, Richman, Abingdon, McAllister, and Mesdames Kim- ball, Filkins and Starr read their lines accept- WHY, HUSBANDS ARE TWICE AS MUCIC AS THEY WERE. ably and do what they have to do with tech- nical expertness, but in its totality ther accomplishment does not carry one away with the conviction that they are what they are trying tobe. Mr. George Hollandas a society bishop, and Mr. Hawtrey asa trainer, are far more like the real thing. In “Gallops.” Mr, David Gray, a begin- ning playwright, has given the public an enter- taining, but by no means powerful, stage 279 version of his sketches, which in print made very enjoyable reading. Metcalye. DLireS Geroaac} GuIpE [Te Tue THEATRES Heademy of Music.—* The Heart of Mary- land." Melodrama of the Civil War. z Blanche Bates, Mr. Frank Keenan and ble com. pany in Mr, Belasco’s artistically presented American “The 3irl of the G Vest." B The Music Master." David Warfield and excellent com- pany in comedy of smiles and tears, well acted. Broadway. ~The Vanderbilt Cup." The limit of trashiness, re- deemed in spots by the cleverness of Elsie Janis. Casino.—"The Earl and the Girl." English musical play. amusing, Empire. - Pan,” with Maude Adams in the title part. Charming for adults and a joy to children, Fields’s Clara Lipman and Mr. Louis Mana in ‘Julie Bonbon ”? Diverting comedy of contemporary New York life Garrick.—Mr. Charles Richman and company in Mr, David Gray's allops."" See opposite Herald Square ington, Jr." See opposite. Hippodrome. "A Society Cir cus” and“ The Court of the G Fountains,” C ctacle carried to their highest possibilities. Hudson." The Duel.” problem play with exceptionally good cast. Lyric, =" Mexicana.” Tuneful comic opera brilliantly staged Madison “The Title Mart." Manhattan. Notice later. Proctor's Fifth Avenue—Stock company in weekly change of bill. Savey.—* Mr. Hopkinson." Farcical English comedy. Very well acted and intensely funny. Weber's Theatre—" Twiddle Twaddle." Mu, sical and laughable nonsense. Josie Weber and little Mary Dressler at their best Needed a Subject. OTHER: What do you mean by pushing your baby brother down that flight of stairs ? Dorotuy : Why, mamma, I'se jest joined the society for the first aid to the injured, at school, and I wants a subject to practice on. HERE'S many a true word spoken in disgust. Light but “Peter “ George Wash- den us ands} “The Triangle.” comicbooks.com