Life Magazine – November 16, 1893 (# 568) – Why pray at night?

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Cover : Clergyman and mother listening to a young boy, “A reasoning mind,” art by Frank Otis Small.   Clergyman : And why should little boys say their prayers every night?  Good boy : So’s the Lord can have a chance to get what they want by morning.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Howard Johnson, “Some impressions of society during Horse Show week.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “The horse show : how the animals appear from the boxes,” looking out at humans.
– One third page ad on back cover for Redfern Furs with art of a Mountain Lion (!).
– Some current events include : William W. Astor will no longer accept questionable product (quack medicines) advertising in his publications, Henry White the former Secretary of the American Legation in London, Kansas passed a law restraining the greed of outside capitalists, so they are all pulling their money out of Kansas, Big Tiffany diamond purchased for Mrs. Yerkes of the Chicago cable car family.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!