Life — June 6, 1930 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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# "Horses! Horses! Horses!" - A Shetland Pony Tale This is a humorous one-act play by Marian Dietrick featuring anthropomorphic horses as characters. The plot concerns Hunter (who has a wife who hounds him) and Marey (the bride who nags). The narrative centers on their marital disputes and romantic reconciliation, with dialogue full of puns and wordplay typical of early 20th-century vaudeville humor. The satirical point appears to be gentle domestic comedy—poking fun at married couples' bickering and the clichéd "nagging wife" stereotype common in period entertainment. The Shetland pony setting provides whimsical cover for what is essentially a conventional marriage-and-reconciliation narrative. The team song "Singing in the Rein" reinforces the equine pun-heavy approach throughout.