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# "Not the Right Remedy" - Life Magazine, April 29, 1886 This cartoon satirizes a domestic dispute resolution. A woman sits while a man stands nearby, and another man offers to replace him, saying "Why, you poor man! Take my place." The woman's complaint about her husband (apparently Mr. Greene) is that he's "full of whiskey" and neglectful. The title "Not the Right Remedy" suggests the cartoon mocks the proposed solution—having another man take the husband's place—as absurd and inappropriate for addressing alcoholism and marital problems. The joke likely critiques both the husband's drinking and the ridiculous "remedy" proposed. This reflects 1880s concerns about alcohol's social impact on families and marriages, while satirizing unhelpful or absurd proposed solutions to domestic troubles.
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F yOLUME VII. NEW YORK, APRIL 29, 1886. NUMBER 174. Ratered at New York Post Office as Second-Class Mail Matter. Copyright, 1886, by MITCHELL & MILLER. fa SERIA = Paes i NOT THE RIGHT REMEDY. She: HOW WISTFUL YoU Look, MR. GREENE. Mr. Greene (who secretly resents the presence of her brother): OH, YES! I'M FULL OF wisT, HOW CAN A FELLOW BE OTHERWISE WHEN HE IS—OUT IN THE COLD, She: WHY, YOU POOR MAN ! TAKE MY PLACE. comicbooks.com