Puck, 1877-06-27 · page 11 of 16
Puck — June 27, 1877 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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This is a four-panel comic strip showing a domestic mishap. Mrs. Mullany attempts to herd a hen into a chicken coop, but her efforts backfire comically. In panels 1-2, she chases with a stick. By panel 3, a man (possibly her husband) has become involved in the chaos. Panel 4 shows the situation spiraling—the hen is now wildly airborne while multiple people struggle to contain it. The humor derives from the slapstick escalation of a simple farm task gone wrong, a common theme in early-20th-century American comedy. The title's deadpan tone ("drove the hen into the coop") contrasts with the obvious disaster unfolding, creating ironic humor typical of Puck's style.
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HOW MRS. MULLANY DROVE THE HEN INTO THE COOP.” bryo, or undergoing a languid development, that shall ripen in Fall. Among the new repertoire that will dawn are plays for Clara Morris, Rose Eytinge, Kate Claxton, and Minnie Palmer. Magnus, one of the parentsof “ Conscience” has taken us into his confidence, and unbos- omed the heart that beats beneath the white vest, of the oppressive fact that he has a new play on the tapis, in collaboration with that scintillating feuilletonist and delicious versifier H. C. Bunner; and I feel confident, if this pro- ductive pair can survive the heat of the Sum- mer, and the fire of their allied imaginations, and if their bright particular “‘star” doesn’t fade, theatre-goers will rejoice over one bright drama- tic work at least next Fall. ‘And Minnie Palmer, youngest and perhaps | most ambitious of all, has let the light of her pretty eyes rest upon me long enough to say in strict confidence that she will have a play next season that will be the acme of all theatric acquisitions, It is a collaboration too. I dare not mention the authors’ names. But they are both inspired. Any man who could help feel- ing a sort of gentle intoxication at the thought of linking together a host of sweet dramatic delights for Minnie Palmer's accommodation, would be unworthy the name and title of play- wright. One of the authors is a journalist, the other is a lawyer. What such a pair, with such sweetness and light to enliven them, cannot ac- complish, must belong to the realms of the | “PUCK. % “ PAaTsy, YE'RE A JEWEL!” unattainable. And there are other auth equally sanguine whose confidence I revel in —but to whom I have pledged a promise of awful silence. So while I sit and muse, and dream and per- | spire, there isa cheerful hope alive in my breast, that next season will be a busy one replete with the blessings of industry and virgin enthusiasm. Drink in the fragrance of the roses while they last; sip the lemonade while its delights are | freshest; take your excursion on the Plymouth Rock and make yourselves happy or miserable as the case may be, in the various glens and coves of summer retreat—for you will need all these balmy comforts to strengthen you for the | duties of the Fall campaign. Languidly Yours, Sitas Drier. P.S.—If you must do something more desperate in the meanwhile, go to Gilmore's Garden and hear the Baritone sing: ‘‘O do not wake me, let me dream again.” PUCK’S PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. BY OUR OWN HERALD. Tue Count Joannes is fluted bias. ‘TIGLATH PiveseR did not live in Hoboken. EMERson is going to get a reversible instep. Garrietp parts his suspenders on the left side,” | corn. | clams with a corkscrew. It i! Ban Cronin never puts pornatum on his green Grace Greenwooon is giving us mucilage on a cribbage-board. OLEOMARGARINE. cannot scratch dirt. is good for corns. Zack. CHANDLER is at Nantucket, digging But it Un ess Butler goes to Saratoga, he will prob- ably stay somewhere else. ‘Tue Rev. Talmage will summer at Hellgate. He will carry a lucifer match, OLEBILLALLEN does not grow on gumgum trees in remunerative quantities. ‘Tue report that Gail’ Hamilton had caught the georgefrancistrains is denied. To KEEP your winter grates from moths, soak them in linseed oil and lemoriade. Gen. FRank SpiNoLA will engage rooms for himself and shirt-collar at Long Branch. A PETITION is being circulated to induce Wayne McVeagh to summer at Erzeroum. We are authorized to contradict the rumor that Whitelaw Reid eats potatoes with two g’s. Cuas. Francis ADAMs has got-a_position as ice-cream freezer at the Grand Union, Sara- toga. sah Anna Dickinson can’ turn a flip-flap over her bustle, but her mother does not like to have her do it. ; GarFIELD measures eleven inches round the elbow, and generally walks with his left ear fes- tooned around his ankle. comicbooks.com