Life Magazine – May 9, 1895 (# 645) – Ada Rehan

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Cover : His Miscalculation.  He: Certainly a New York flat would be large enough for us two.  She: Not with the present style of sleeves, art by Otto Toaspern

– Full page art or cartoon art by Arthur Ignatius Keller (He scored.  Getting his girl with football analogies), Charles Dana Gibson (Success Assured : Can’t talk after new cocktail), G. W. Smetham-Jones (Types of Horses, the circus horse, neat art!), Frederick Coffay Yohn (Salva-cea ad with bicycle crash theme, Wheelmen of America).
– Most of two pages devoted to Ada Rehan, a parody.
– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards, A Presidential Target, little boy throwing mud at his opponent, New York Tribune and Whitelaw.
– Some current events include : The Living pictures (military more rousing than nude pictures), Colonel Waring and street cleaning (he was commissioner of the city’s Department of Street Cleaning), Call for more public kindergartens in New York, Train Robber Perry doesn’t like Matteawan State Hospital for Criminally Insane.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!