Life Magazine – November 28, 1889 (# 361) – Charles Dana Gibson – Social Festivities

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Cover : The New Horse, side saddle is on backwards because horse is much faster backing than he is going forward, art by Thomas Starling Sullivant.

– Full page art or cartoon art by F. G. Attwood (November), F. G. Attwood (landscape format, The Puritans and their neighbors on the first Thanksgiving Day).
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, The beginning of social festivities, Usual beautiful dinner with many courses, mysterious dishes, wines that are bad for you, hostess is nervous, most of the guests will feel sick the next morning.
– Some current events include : Thanksgiving, The newspapers call Mr. E. C. Stedman the banker-poet, Annual meeting of the American Copyright league, Chace-Breckenridge copyright bill, Is Colonel Arkell serious with his plan to advertise on the backs of postage stamps?
– “Life has never met Judge Payson.  He may be an illiterate wife-beater whom his neighbors have sent to Congress because they felt sorry for his family.”
– And many more smaller artworks, cartoon art, and ads … a very entertaining vintage publication!