​She : All of which only convinces me that you married me for my money.
​He Well, it may not seem probably, but I honestly loved you.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (November).
– Photograph of the new LIFE building under construction on 31st street between Broadway and Fifth Avenue.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Puzzle : find the girl who is going to be kissed within ten minutes.”
– Some current events include : McKane sues the newspapers that have charged him with crimes, R. L. Stevenson (in Samoa) has been ill and requested ice from a steamer ship, Inter-faith marriages.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1893   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – December 7, 1893 (# 571) – Charles Dana Gibson appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– A drawing and some information about the building of the new LIFE building
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “These young girls who marry oldish millionaires.”
– Short story : Overhead in Arcady (Characters from the household of Rudyard Kipling), author’s name not given.
– Some current events include : Naval Parade, Columbian processions, Various shows such as parades, Colonel Church says there would be fewer football accidents if games weren’t played on frozen or hard ground, Mackay family found it necessary to have their daughter divorce Prince Colonna.
– And more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – December 14, 1893 (# 572) appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by Wenzell, “The climax of a Christmas ghost story.”
– Some current events include : Board of Education trying to dissuade boys of the public schools from smoking cigarettes, Anti-cigarette league … boys ought not smoke until they are old enough to know better, Coal smoke nuisance, The spectacle of the Abdominal Dance, Harvard Annex will become Radcliffe College, J. J. Van Alen.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – December 21, 1893 (# 573) – Pesty Brother of Bride appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– CHRISTMAS NUMBER (fatter issue : much pertaining to the holiday).
– This was apparently issued AFTER the December 28, 1893 issue.
– Nice full page Vin Mariani tonic with art by Clement, in dark blue.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (The Children’s Saint : Santa Claus), Frank Otis Small (When the hardy bachelor undertakes a little Christmas shopping), Kemble (Those Cable cars), Chip (Some suggestions for Christmas gifts)
– Short story : A Bachelor’s supper, by J. A. Mitchell.
– Short story, “A love test”, Metcalfe.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “A bachelor’s supper : he tries to speak and his lips refuse to say the toast he would utter.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – December 25, 1893 (# 575) – Christmas Number appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by F. T. Richards (The Hebraization of the American Drama).
– Some current events include : Tenacity of evil habits as per example of the marriage of Mrs. Winametta Singer (sewing machine family) to Prince Edward M. de Polignac, Investigation of the Elmira Reformatory, Harvard College organization “The Dicky,” Common-Law Engagement, Hawaiian hullabaloo, Inmates of New York State Hospitals for the Insane shall have no more tobacco.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – December 28, 1893 (# 574) – Hebraization of American Drama appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

​Youth : I thank you, Sir, for your kind permission to call on your daughter.
​Father : Remember that I turn out the gas at ten o’clock.
​Youth : All right, Sir, I’ll not come before that time.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (September), Charles Dana Gibson (Sketches at the Fair).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Vacation is over.”
– Some current events include : The late Frederick L. Ames left no public bequests, Home Rule, Mayor Gilroy speaks on allowing flags of various sorts at city hall, The opening of the Cherokee Strip for settlement was poorly done.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1893   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – October 5, 1893 (# 562) – Courting misunderstanding appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “All’s well that ends well : It’s a love song, and sung with deep feeling, as her thoughts are with Tom in a far-away land.”
– Some current events include : Unkind behavior of Superintendent Brockway of the Elmira Reformatory to sundry prisoners under his care, Flogging as punishment, W. D. Howells, Senator Steward, There is a great deal too much nigger-hunting in the South, Railroad accidents, Train robbing.
– “Aversion of some professional criminals to decent conduct is so acute that it is often hard to persuade them to eschew evil without offering them an alternative that is more repulsive still.”
– And more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – October 12, 1893 (# 563) – Rehearsing vows appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by Charles Dana Gibson (landscape format : Why do you employ that haughty English butler?).
– Humorous five part comic strip by Kemble of monkey and stork, The Pill and the book of jokes.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Howard Johnson, “After the campaign,” Tired young lady and her maid, dejected cupid, surrounded by luggage, watching as another young lady walks away with the man.
– Some current events include : Dr. Seward Webb is building a house in the Adirondacks which will cost one and a half million dollars and be the biggest and finest private residence in the country, A large number of college educated young men seem to be getting jobs as football coaches (Heffelfinger, Laurie Bliss, and others), Fiscal inconveniences we are suffering, Racing Sailboat “Vigilant” (center board is better than an unadorned keel).
– Full page ad for Redfern silk and velvet gowns, coats and capes, with artwork, one lady is holding a gun.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!

The post Life Magazine – October 19, 1893 (# 564) – Modesty and low-cut gown appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page art or cartoon art by A. B. Wenzell (Both sides of the question), F. G. Attwood (October), Dan Beard = Daniel Carter Beard (landscape format : A historical study).
– Short story : Overheard in Arcady, characters from the household of Henry James, by Droch.
– Rather lovely short musical chorus illustrated with figures carrying off the packed up World’s Fair, “After the Fair is over,” art by Charles Howard Johnson
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Puzzle : Find the nobleman.”
– Some current events include : World’s Fair is over, Much on the Fair and Chicago, Courtesy of the Senate, Yale-Princeton football game coming up (they are laying on extra patrol wagons).
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And much more 1893   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!

The post Life Magazine – November 2, 1893 (# 566) – Charles Dana Gibson – Rival Women appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.

– Full page poem by Robert W. Chambers, Good Sir Guy.
– Short story : Overheard in Arcady, characters from the household of Richard Harding Davis, by Droch.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, “Puzzle : find the wife of the man who is telling the story.”
– Some current events include : Mr. Van Alen of Newport to go to Italy as diplomat, Mr. Bathgate Beck left 4-5 million to public uses and was a horse enthusiast, Horse Show, West India storm, The railroads can now raise prices since the World’s Fair is over.
– And more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!
– And so much more!  Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!

The post Life Magazine – November 9, 1893 (# 567) – Knowledge of Men appeared first on 2Neat Magazines.