Life Magazine – October 9, 1890 (# 406) – Princess Marries for Love

Description

Cover : The Penalty of Pride, shabby old man is father of princess who married for love, art by Charles Howard Johnson.

– Full page art or cartoon art by unsigned (Collander’s fashions, NY), Albert Wenzell (The bride went up the aisle on her father’s arm, bride balancing like a tight rope walker), Stephen Van Schaick  (Oh, what a tangled web we weave, lying about ancestors : landscape format.
– Charming half page cartoon wraps around a page, novice scoffing at weightlifting as the weights grow bigger with every repetition, art by F. M. Howarth.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Dana Gibson, Social Nuisances : the man who always has a friend whom he wishes you to meet.
– Some current events include : Electricity, Long distance telephone, Electric street cars, wonders of hypnotism and psychology, Medical cures, Miracles in Lourdes, Some people of Brooklyn found Longfellow’s poem to be unfit for children.
– 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!