Life Magazine – February 25, 1897 (# 740) – At the Opera

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Cover : Life in the metropolis, “Put it in the air shaft bedroom,” art by William H. Walker.

– “Bilkins has just returned.  Where has he been?  To Monte Carlo to win enough to pay his wedding expenses.  And the wedding?  Has been postponed for two years.” With half page artwork by Charles Dana Gibson.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (February), F. W. Read (reasons for a woman to gaze at a very rotund man), Hy Mayer (Sunday morning in Thebes).
– Full page with poem about “At the Opera” and artwork by Charles Dana Gibson.
– Two page centerspread art by Otto Toaspern, Bench show of unlucky dogs, dogs are behind bars, maybe some kind of humane society?
– Quarter page sculpture by Max Bachmann, Cupid on a dog, Cupids of all nations – England.
– Some current events include : Major McKinley comes into office (President of the USA) and Mr. Cleveland goes out, Much on McKinley who is seen as a safe and wise choice.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!