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# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page This page contains two satirical pieces mocking contemporary American trends: **"Two Fat Men" cartoon (top left):** Depicts wealthy American businessmen traveling by rail. The text suggests this mocks the ostentatious leisure habits of the wealthy class, likely referencing a specific notable figure's travels—possibly related to Mr. Irving or Vanderbilt mentioned in the adjacent text. **"How Mrs. John Farelly First Tried Homeopathy":** The primary piece satirizes the homeopathy craze sweeping America in the late 19th century. Mrs. Farelly, inspired by a homeopathy pamphlet, attempts to "cure" her husband's chronic rheumatism using absurd homeopathic remedies, including a comically complex "sparrow soup" recipe. The satire mocks both homeopathy's pseudoscientific claims and women's gullibility toward medical fads. The joke hinges on the ridiculousness of the treatment—boiling a sparrow's drumstick outdoors for a week—while expecting actual results. This reflects contemporary skepticism toward alternative medicine practices gaining popularity among the middle class.
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Two fat men, next cach other, ina railroad ear, are much. min En land, and isan ornament to it. Bat while this fact may explain and justify the interest and even excitement his visit: has created ing public abilities him to such pure which commend for ine t Vanderbilt with De Q nyone tend to even—except possibly his pi ures dealer, who may find his account in so doing? | No; the points which Mr, Vand in Mr, Irving are that he is > friend of the nglish, aristoy the be without its weight with than whom there pr Mr. Vanderbilt, bly does not exist 4 man better qualified to appreciate He feels what it has done for himself; knows that he owes everything to it, and he may be pardoned if he worships it accord. Bat neither Mr. need imagine that Irving nor Miss Ti WA ericans They will tind appreciation of art pr they found i and. How Mrs. John Farelly First Tried Homeeopathy. It is a cold, damp Oc: evening, John Farelly stands by the window, the return of her liege Jord. Something has evidently en; tention very deeply, for it is n her to let her hearthstonc get the usual. preparations al, or to allow the infant his powerful lungs unheede now. Decidedly Mrs. F on her mind. It will not be at all appreciated by } r on his return. Yet she lingers on im the fast deepening twilight, and” peruses with great attention a small pamphlet she holds in her hand. We cease to wonder at her ab- straction when we venture to glance ove} her shoulder and behold on the title page of the volume the magie word ** Homeopathy What a wide and experiment delighted ey Mrs. waiting ‘arclly to exert as he is doing 1s opened itself before her field in- which—pardon the simile—she might browse fora life-time, and still leave an. abundan and verdure behind her. She feels her heart thrill as she lays down the book with a sigh, pre- | biltadmires | | sound! ficld for interesting study of greenness | ‘Two lean mn are not enough | and remains still musing at the open win- Wholly nneonseions of the flight of ve murmurs half-aloud st is wonderful, it. is, in it is newsince John and | were n every winter s made nd every by that perp ual rheumatism in his shoulder: think, cold water, properly applied, 1 have prev all; and then he gets and stays in the house p itis when he is round r, Without one either, 1 certainly make him Let me sce. 1 must ater to his shoulder, ‘That will be very . fortunately, very er let me do it 1 shall make him It is nearly tim or cough to begin now, How glad 1 mL brought them home to-day. Then I all make him a good bowl of Home soup—as my little book recomme keep him on very low diet till it is re Tean, as it takes some days to props soup properly. Yes, then he will do nice Dear John. TL am afraid he will not like it, but 1 him. T want | to try a course begin with Jolin ¥ | because his life is insured. nore how the soup is ma read it ¢ in. apply. plenty after hi troubl he would 1 a when Ont ITow shall I =| send a me: "| the effect Mr HOMMmOPATIE SOUP, Take a sparrows pind, the drumstick merely, | Pat it ina I—tilled with water nearly; Stand it « of doors in a pl Let it stand a week—or ke Put a teaspoonfal ef the kettle, Which must not be of tin, or any haser metal Fill it up with water— Strain the |i Pat in one e that's shady if for a lady. liquor into a fine new | 1 it on a boiling— prevent it oiling tit tavory : sund with a stick of savory y let the patient sinel its twas Nature did it— > credit | While Mrs. this somewhat appeared, and dis still musing over ted recipe, * John” , tosay the least of it, an un onable amount indignation at the meagre preparations made for his comfort, little suspecting that his wife had | | when she | cold water. Alternate layers of fat and lean, like are the best prime gent the entire afternoon studying his wel- Mlowever, 7 elly was great tact_and Tooundle incredibly short time house assume a cheerful tered to Mr. F.' p pathized with him tism, stilled the unr dV infant, 2 a woman of = Inan I made tl appearance, min ing ni ym- neerning his rheum: mit now almost ex- wn to supper, with . her knee, and placed the infant on top of it, Seems to me,” growled John. afte rheum ¢ andy, t much like John, still unmollitied nothing more, | rhet umatism is very 2 growled . if you've a “John?” what ‘ud [have a sighed Mrs. Parelly, “Thave cures Dear me. w it all + Like 1 gave like ‘Tim the cure for the | wher nohe had no one now—but PM mak The rheumatism is there, way.” how very can- effectually > Mra. ents of a fair- al about the mseious hus: add that the Ise, produced More than It is needless to describe tiously and yet how iy disposed of the ¢ sized ‘bucket of water on i aMicted shoulder of the un band. Needless for me to cough remedy, or something 5. Farelly dreaded, apsed. Mr, Farelly 1 inhaling homeopath under severe prot nd were it not for articles of diet surrepti- 1 to his friendly we should have » keenly than we do ud plight in which we the once stalwart and under Mrs. the contraband tiously conv neigh cau to leave John Farelly. ows says Absalom was a ¢ who gave him the ine + but intimates that he knows of aks. Certain it is, that whife his s for a time no end of trouble to {hier it at la compensation by bring- ing all his troubles to an end. When thieves their dues, says the ac Occasionally thieves get their dues at the same time. _Ir- ving and Walsh got their dues when they fell out—their own dese all out honest men get lage, comicbooks.com