Judge, 1903-02-28 · page 3 of 16
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This page satirizes early-20th-century health fad literature. The main article promotes an eccentric daily regimen—rising at 4 AM, salt-water baths, specific breathing exercises, and controlled diet—claiming it prevents illness and extends life. The central illustration shows a woman and man in fashionable dress, likely representing the health-conscious upper classes adopting such regimens. The two bottom cartoons, titled "Circumstances Alter Cases," humorously depict role reversal in marriage: the left shows a man dictating to his typewriter-wielding secretary; the right shows the *same couple after marriage*, with the woman dictating while the man operates the typewriter. The joke mocks how marriage reverses power dynamics—what seemed like professional authority becomes domestic subordination. This reflects contemporary anxieties about women's expanding roles and marital authority.
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A NEW REGIME. CAREFUL perusal of all the health-journals and text-books now being published, with a study of lectures given throughout the country, and a course of hygienic treat- ment under various popular methods, has resulted in the following eclectic system to preserve your health. It is free for all, Anybody with the usual number of bones, surround- ° %0 2, 6 ed by the average amount of tis- sue, and having a nervous sys- tem capable of standing the strain, may enjoy its benefits. The beauty of our sys- tem is that it takes only about ten hours aday. By business men who are obliged to sup- port whole families, and who may h Peco Zz) ° 20 tried other systems, this will be duly appreciated. You must rise at four o'clock in the morning and take a sea-bath. For this pur- pose salt water should be used, and it should be taken from the sea. A pipe can be laid direct- ly from the nearest ocean right into your bath-tub, It may cost a few thousands, but think of how much more you would have to spend if you consulted a specialist ! A cold bath is necessary, and if the water be too warm the tub should be filled with cracked ice. of from fif pan 095gvoeee 0° of ce of SS 0 ae og cs) A short plunge en to twenty minutes will be all that is required at first increased a This can be you grow stronger. Immediately upon emerging from the bath go over yourself with a large number-ten nutmeg-grater. This will improve the circulation and gradually loosen any particles of superfluous tissue. Now, after drinking a gallon of hot water, you are ready for your breakfast, which should consist of two small capsules of nutty nut and one ounce of selected grainy grain and a wine- glassful of prepared cream, from which the casein, albumen and fats This should be followed by a sun-bath under green, blue and yellow glass, the actinic rays of the sun being carefully have been withdrawn. removed, PROOF POSITIVE. Lov—* Jane tells me that her fiancé is worth a hundred thousand dollars. Do you believe it?” ELta—"He must be worth more ‘than that. Why, he paid taxes on twenty-five thousand with- out a murmur.” CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES. At ten begin your deep-breathing exercise. # Todo this successfully you must stand in front of a cheval glass. Raise the chest gently but firmly to the ceiling and let it rest there for four ot five minutes ; then let it fall slowly but surely to the floor. Every window in the room should, of course, be open, and, if possible, the roof re- moved. ‘This movement should be rhythmic and accompanied by a piano attachment, or else try a bass«drum, as music helps the muscles to dilate. If all else fails, try a brass band. At noon you will begin to feel hungry, but do not let this disturb you. Hunger is an abnormal condition. You will gradually get over this. For dinner, take a baked ap- ple, from which the pulp has heen removed, and scrape off the inside of the skin. This will afford the mental excite- ment necessary to harmonize the nervous system with the pneumo-gastric With this take one grain of nutty nut. nerve, After dinner rest another hour, and then begin'the regular exercise of the day. The ordinary methods of exercise—walking, run- ning, riding horse-back, etc in accordance with the latest scientitic formule because they have a tendency to make you forget yourse’ This is fatal Remember that each muscle is a sponge, and needs to be contracted and expanded. Learn the names of all the muscles of your body and contract and expand them in alphabetical or- der, at the same time keeping the tull force of your mind on each muscle. Do this until sup- per, which should consist of a two-grain cap- sule of nutty nut and a pinch of grainy grain. ‘The equipoise of the mind should not be neglected. Spend your evenings, therefore, in are not reading the health journals, the whole idea being to think about you self as much as possible. weeks you won't know yourself, By rightly adhering to this system, in a few This is Jones dictating to his typewriter. And this is the typewriter dictating to Jones—after they were married, Comicbooks.co