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This cartoon illustrates a theater review section from Life magazine. The sketch shows two rotund figures in what appears to be a large sausage or hot dog, labeled as a reference to "Lutzmeyers"—likely a German delicatessen or sausage company. The joke plays on the name and the characters' portly appearance, creating visual humor through the pun of "big sausage people" literally depicted as people inside a giant sausage. The surrounding text comprises theater reviews of 1920s Broadway productions, with brief, witty critiques of plays ranging from serious drama ("The Dybbuk," "In a Garden") to comedies ("Abie's Irish Rose," "The Butter-and-Egg Man"). The cartoon serves as light visual entertainment within this theatrical guide.

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More or Less Serious Chivalry. Wallack's—Showing the collaj of our jury system under the baneful influence of a.pretty woman. Craig's Wife. Sorosco—Ch Herne as the woman with a house in order but no one to live in it. A fine play. The Dybbuk. Neighborhood—Highly im- pressive Jewish ritual. To be reviewed next week. rg Virtue. Empire—Jane Cowl making an old story seem new, with dialogue assistance {som Noel Cow: The Enea. STine Sere An elementary lesson against War, with Pay Bainter. The Fountain. Greenwich Village—Ponce de Leén hunting about for the Pountain of Youth through the everglades of O'Neill's romantic dialogue. The Green Hat. Broadhurst—Now that Michael Arlen has left town, we can admit that we didn't think so much of this play. In a Garden. Plymouth—Laurette Taylor ina delightful play for those who have no objection to a little thinking now and then. ‘The fiz Singer. Cort—Provirtg that what alittle Jewish boy learns he never forgets, with George Jessel at the heartstrings. A Lady's Virtue. Bijou—Mary and Flor ence Nash forming a triangle with Robert Warwick. A Man's Man. Fifty-Second St— American tragedy of the poor boob who wanted to make good, very well done by Dwight Prye. The Man Who Never Died. Provincetown— Half murder mystery, half cuckoo. The Master Builder. Princess—Eva Le Gallienne bringing Ibsen out of the special matinee class. The Master of the Inn. Little—Robert Loraine. To be reviewed next week. Merchants of Glory. Guild—A new angle on bed rofiteering, worthy of a more engrossing dling. ee Merchant of Venice. Hampden's— Ethel Barrymore and Walter Hampden as— quess what—respectively. Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio. Jolson cee Russians, this week in “Carmencita Soldier.’ Open House. Daly’: Atel MacKellar as the wife who was Just a Chatte! The Sbenghal Gesture, Eee Mee Leslie Carter. To be reviewed lat Stronger than Love. eae nce O'Neil. To be reviewed later. ‘Twelve Miles Out. Playhouse—Melodrama, liquor and love on the extra-high seas. The Vortex. Henry Miller's—Dress-suit degeneracy made into a highly interesting Young Woodley. Belmont—A delicate han- dting of the worries of puberty, with Glenn Hun- ter giving a beautiful performance. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic—Dun't esk. Alias the Deacon Hisdson—The card. sharper with a heart of gold. Androcies and the Lice. Klew—Shaw at his most entertaining. Beware of Widows. Morine Elliott's—A aerd houseboat with Madge Kennedy = Butter-and-Egg Man. Longacre—How money is dropped on Broadway, with Gregory Kelly adding to the comedy of the process. Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. Cradle Snatchers. Music Bor—Love in the late thirties as the object of loud laughter. Boland heads the cast. Mary Fool's Bells. Criterion—To be reviewed next week. Is Zat So? Central—You don't have to know prizefighting to enjoy this one. Laff That Of. Thirty-Ninth St. seript but genial comedy. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. Fulion—Ina Claire, with Roland Young sad \.E. Matthews, in high-class crook stuff. The Makropoulos Secret. Charles Hopkins —wWith Emily Stevens. To be reviewed later. The Mickey Talks. Harris—To be re- viewed later. Morals. Comedy—Rather discursive attack on reformers in the best Continental manner of 1900. Savahty Cinderells. Lyceum—Bordoni. Cele sufi One of the Family. Forty- Ninth St—To be reviewed next week. The Patsy. Booth—To be reviewed next week. The Wise-Crackers. Sisty-Six Fifth Ave— To be reviewed next week. Young Blood. Rits—The season's Younger Generation BBY, with Helen Hayes, Norman Trevor and Eric ‘Dressler. Eye and Ear Entertainment Artists and Models. Winter Garden—A revue with the Hoffmann Girls and Phil Baker which is better than the Parisian one it copies. onde By the Way. Gaiety—To be reviewed later, soon Jinks. Martin Beck—Ada-May and jrown in better than the average. ears Revue. Selwyn—Any show with Beatrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan is your money's worth. . The Cocoanuts. Lyric—Reviewed in this issue. Dearest Enemy. Knickerbocker—Reviewed in this issue, Greenwich Village Follies. Chanin's—To be reviewed later. Mayflowers. Forrest—Reviewed in this issue, Merry, Merry. Vanderbil!—R “owed in this issue. A Night in Paris. Century Roof—To be re viewed later. ane No, Nanette. Globe—Just as good as OM Ont ere Cosmopolitan—To be re- viewed next week, Princess Flavia. Century—Reviewed in this issue. The Song of the Flame. Forty-Fourth St.— To be reviewed later. The Student Prince. A mbassedor—Regular singing. Sunny. New Amsterdam—A whole evening of star acts, headed by Marilyn Miller. Tip-Toes. Liderty—To be reviewed later. The Vagabond King. Casino—Reviewed in this issue. Vanities of 1926. Earl Carroll—To be re- viewed later. “LUTZMEYERS—BIG SAUSAGE PEOPLE,” icbooks.com