Life Magazine – May 12, 1887 (# 228) – Great Pears Soap ad

– Editorials refer to Mr. Atkinson and a labor organization, the Anti-Poverty Society, Mr. William O’Brien, more.
– Half page verse and art by O. Herford, play on Sincerely Yours.
– New definitions by Harold van Santvoord.
– Very nice half page cartoon by S., Uncrowned Martyrdom.
– Poem by Patrick O’Hoolihan, Lyra Hibernica.
– Specimen chapter from “The Bostonese” by Howell Dean Williams.
– Super two page center spread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Heaven Forbid!
– Sport column refers to Baseball, Harvard and Yale.
– Half page cartoon by Stephen Van Schaick, Cholly in Paris.
– Poem by Frederick Evans, Jr., A Fair Evolutionist.
– Quarter page cartoon by Charles Dana Gibson, drunk and gentleman.
– Illustrated ad for Hygeia Distilled Water.
– Ad for E. D. Kahn, Fine Beaded Wraps, Braided jackets, more.
– The NEATEST Pears’ Soap ad EVER – huge cliff with men on rope and ladder, (see photo above), art by W. M.
–  Each original Life magazine has MUCH more excellent historic and fun 1887 content than is listed here – 2Neat!!