Life, 1922-10-05 · page 15 of 36
Life — October 5, 1922 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page documents "The Theatrical Benefit"—a variety show fundraiser for East Side nurseries. The left column lists performers and their acts (singers, monologists, dancers, etc.), while the right side features a six-panel comic strip titled "The 'Worm' Will Turn." The comic depicts a child character who appears to be mischievous or defiant—reading what looks like a forbidden book or material, with lightning bolt symbols suggesting shock or surprise. The panels show escalating chaos or rule-breaking behavior, likely illustrating the saying "even a worm will turn" (meaning even the meek will rebel when pushed too far). This is primarily a program/entertainment listing page rather than political satire. The humor is domestic and child-focused rather than social commentary.
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The Theatrical Benefit The Advertised Program NORA BAYES Old Song Favorites |. \URETTE TAYLOR ramatic Monologue AL JOLSON ‘“Mammy” Songs IRVING BERLIN s Own Compositions JOHN McCORMACK Operatic Selections {SADORA DUNCAN in Her “Marseillaise” Dance FANNY BRICE Imitations JULIA MARLOWE Mad Scene from “Macbeth” IZZY ROSEN In His Rapid-Fire Monologue The Actual Entertainment Rosebud Magee, aged 6, dressed as a fairy, in pink cheese-cloth, sings “Tuck Me In, Mother, the Sandman Is Here,” accompanied on the piano by her elocution teacher. Mr. Rufus K. Groot, Vice- ident of the League for tivic Betterment, gives an earnest talk on the burning need of more day nurseries for the East Side. Miss Anabelle Snead, lyric soprano of the Harlem Ladies’ Chorus Guild, and instructor in Vocal Eurhythmics, sings “The Daughter of Mother Macree,” and “Buzz, Went the Naughty Bumble-bee— Oh!” Miss Myrtle Mae Peabody, a Brooklyn poetess, gives an ex- pressional reading of various selections from her recent book of vers libre, “Sighs, Sobs, and Gropings.” Mr. Harold G. Hooney, the popular young tenor of the Bronx Glee Club, sings “O Solo Mio,” with “Give Me All Oh, That We Two Maying,” “Forgot- ten,” and “Every Morn I Bring Thee Violets,” for encores. Miss Enid Delatour, assist- ant instructor at the Acme Dancing Academy for Young Ladies, gives a Terpsichorean interpretation entitled “The Birth of a Poinsettia.” Mr. Sidney Hammerhead, Chairman of the Columbia Heights Business Men's Asso- iati and “master of cere- monies” for the evening, makes a few timely remarks on the object of the present benefit, introducing parenthetically a number of dialect stories. Master Reginald Krauss, aged 12, winner of the medal for Dramatic Expression at Neighborhood School No. 8, recites “Gunga Din” and “The Vampire.” Izzy Rosen, of Pantages Circuit, in his rapid-fire mono- logue. Droit. The “Worm” Will Turn Stillness ‘AR in recesses of the forest eld, Where silence grows and trees are never felled, 1 chanced to wander when the sun had set And shrubs and grass with first faint dew were wet. I heard a sound, a sigh it seemed, a moan, The passing of a soul unshriven, lone— I heard, and ventured forward, trembling, till Upon my vision burst a modern still! * * * I bought a gallon, for my thirst was such As Dives’ was—of course I paid too much! J.C. M. How on earth were you able to make any impression on Willie? Pa Situ: I talked to him as man to man Ma SmitH: comicbooks.com