Life Magazine – September 25, 1890 (# 404) – Dating on Small Salary

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Cover : Sympathy, “A fellow told me today that I didn’t know enough to go in when it rained.  What a want of tact.”  Art by Clifford Carleton.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (Different Standards.  One woman thinks comparison to Venus of Milo is good, other doesn’t).
– Full page ad with art for Redfern Autumn clothes.
– Two page centerspread art by Albert Wenzell, The melancholy end of many a summer flirtation, Don’t put too heavy a burden on a small salary.
– Some current events include : Sarcasm toward Professor Shaler who had derogatory things to say about Native Americans and his theories about climate and supremacy, Brooklyn stepmother fighting for custody of a child.
– “It always seems to create more or less surprise when a man who has actually demonstrated his ability to do anything else, determines to study for the ministry.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!