The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Mutton Baths

D'Vyetot, Le Roy. "Mutton Baths." Vanity Fair, October 27, 1860, 216.
Electronic Source Available
Type
magazine
Genre
journalism
commentary
Abstract

A skinny man tries out the most recent way of gaining weight--bathing in boiled down mutton bone mash. It ends disappointingly.