Life Magazine – January 24, 1895 (# 630) – University Football

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Cover : What she learned at the art school, art by McKellar, probably D. A. McKellar.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (2/3 page night scene where building has a sign outside saying which luminaries are inside), Kemble (Concerning golf).
– Most of two pages are devoted to Emperor William Hohenzellern, a parody.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, The leading features of a liberal education (men playing sports, probably football).
– Some current events include : The affairs of the Astor family and their failure to show a proper consciousness of the recent bereavement in the family of their London cousins, A New York banker just died and left one of his sons out of his will (possibly Robert Livingston Cutting), America’s cup races, Proposed to name the Suez canal after De Lesseps.
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!