Life Magazine – October 12, 1893 (# 563) – Rehearsing vows
$5.00 – $10.00
Magazine Condition : Good (Once bound, spine is a bit rough from where it was removed from bound volume and pages may be loosening. Edges of ad text may be barely trimmed. One page has an edge tear). OR POOR (Same as Good. Once bound, but missing back cover)
Description
Cover : Man practicing his wedding vows in his very modest room, “Rehearsing for the wedding, “With all my worldly goods I thee endow,” art by Charles Mark Relyea.
– 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!