Life, 1918-05-30 · page 21 of 36
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This cartoon satirizes wartime gender dynamics. It depicts a zebra (likely representing Germany or the enemy, given the "camouflage" caption) being confronted by women, while a man crouches fearfully behind them. The caption's dialogue—a soldier warning the zebra to "keep dark till the war is over or you'll be hauling cannon and munition wagons"—suggests the joke is about civilian men avoiding military service through concealment, contrasted with women's visible contributions to the war effort. The title "If Men Were as Brave as Women" implies social criticism: women are depicted as boldly confronting danger while men hide. This reflects early-20th-century debates about male military conscription and women's expanding public roles during World War I, mocking male cowardice by comparison to female courage and visibility in wartime society.
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ATERIALLY the theatre in New York has found this @ most prosperous season. Anything that makes for business activity helps the New York box-offices. Touring companies have not found equal prosperity, for the country has not yet recovered from the killing-the-goose process to which New York managers :abjected it for so many years, and not many com- munities have yet been weaned from the moving-picture substitute for the spoken drama. Which brings the thought that if the movies have any value as edu- cators of the theatrical sense they are making big audiences for the future. This and the recent seasons show that until that education is perfected the managers will have some task to bring back the out-of- town public they so thoroughly alienated by unfair methods. And so good-bye to a season which has been a busy one, even if not impressive in its artistic results. And here's hoping all sorts of good things for the next one. Metcalfe. Life’s Confidential Guide to gtl Theatres Astor, —" Rock-a-Bye-Baby,” by Margaret Mayo ef al. Belasco.— Polly with a Past,” Agreeable and well acted light comedy of to-day with Ina Claire in the leading role. ijou.—“A Pair of Petticoats,” by Mr. Cyril Harcourt. Well acted and’ diverting polite English light comedy. Booth." Seventeen,” by Mr, Booth Tark- ington. The tragedy of puppy-love made di- verting in well aged comedy of the Middle West. Broadhurst. —" Maytime.” Musical play with a quaint and delightful favor, 1F MEN WERE AS BRAVE AS WOMEN . F Mr. Clifton Crawford. Gladsome girl-and-music show. Century Roof.—Amusing cabaret for the midnight hours. Cokan,—" The Kiss Burglar.” Cheery gitl and-musie show. Cohan and Harris.— A Tailor Made Man Well presented light comedy showing that glad rags have a lot to do with business suc: cess. Cort." Flo Flo.” Ordinary girl-and-music show, more undressed than usual, Eltinge, — “Business Before Pleasure.” Messrs, Glass and Goodman demonstrate that Messrs, Potash and Perlmutter are as funny as ever, even in the movie-picture business. Empire-—Ethel Barrymore in, ‘ Belinda, preceded by Barrie's “The New Word. Agreeable Dut extremely light entertainment from the English, Fortyfourth Street Mr, D. W. Grifith's spectacular movie play, “Hearts of, the World.” Wonderful war pictures inter- spersed in a movie drama of the usual type, Forty-eighth Street, — "The Man Who Stayed at’ Home." Highly interesting spy- drama of the lighter sort. TOO MUCH CAMOUFLAGE “(1 SAY, ZEBE, YOU FELLOWS LETTER KEEP DARK TILL THE WAK IS OVER O8 YOU'LL BE HAULING CANNON AND MUNITION WAGONS Fulton,—Double bill by the new Actors and Authors Theatre. m = Globe.—Last week of “Jack o* Lanter with Mr. Fred Stone. ‘The’ star's athletic fu with a good girl-and-music background Henry Miller's. —Mr. Sydney Grundy's A Marriage of Conveniene Charming set ting and good acting for a most agreeable costume comedy. Hudson.—" Nancy Lee,” by Mr. Eugene Walter. "Drama of the fast Ife in America to-day, Well staged and well acted. Liberty. —" Going Up." Av amusing in a tuneful musical play, Lyceum.— Tiger Rose.” Interesting and well staged melodrama of the Canadian Northwest. Marine Eltiott's—" The Eyes of Youth.” Excellently acted and interesting drama show: terious fashion the possibilities of —Last fortnight of “ Lombardi, ¢ Hattons. Up-to-date flashy comedy showing that in the life of a fashion- able New York man-dressmaker there may be sentimental episodes. Park.—Last week of “Seven Days’ Leave,” by Mr. Walter Howard. “Thrilling war melo- ram. Playhouse,—" The Little Teacher,” by Mr. Harry James Smith, “Mary Ryan ‘the hero: ine in a pleasant rural comedy. Princess —" Ob, Bolton, Wodeho: fun and melody that are in girland-music demonstration. Republic— Parlor, Bedroom and _Batl by Messrs. Bell and Swan. Strongly. favored but laughable and well performed. farce Shubert—" The Copperhead,” by Mr. Au: stus Thomas, with Mr, Lionel Barrymore in the leading’ pa Drama of Civil War days with unusual acting by the star, En- tirely worth seeing Thirty-ninth St A Cure for Cura- bles,” by Messrs. Biggers and Whitman. Mr. William Hodge satirizing in amusing fashion the American fondness for quackery of the sanitarium kind, Winter Garden. —"' Sinbad.” Splendid girl- and-music entertainment for the t. b. m. Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic.—A cabaret ex: cuse for declining the bed-going invitation of the drowsy Morpheus. tion made comicbooks.com