Life — November 14, 1907 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Sweet Music Hath Its Sway" - Life Magazine Drama Section This page discusses New York's musical theater scene, particularly the Metropolitan Opera House and newer ventures. The illustration shows two figures in what appears to be a domestic scene—a woman in a halo (suggesting innocence or virtue) asking a man about seeing a stork, with the man's response being equivocal: "I'd like to see the stork." The text references Mr. Oscar Hammerstein's opera house venture and Mr. Arnold Daly's theatrical productions, including adaptations of French plays. The satire critiques the pretentiousness of high-class musical institutions versus more accessible theater. The domestic cartoon likely satirizes either marital comedy or contemporary debates about propriety in theatrical content and audience behavior at different social venues.