Puck — May 1877 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Puck Magazine Page 3 Analysis This page contains primarily satirical commentary and brief jokes rather than political cartoons. The main illustrated item is "Mrs. Hayes," showing a woman with wine bottles and glasses, accompanying a poem about her "tender spirit" and "water wreathes her face with smiles"—likely satirizing the wife of a prominent figure (possibly President Rutherford B. Hayes, known for his temperance policies). The remaining content consists of short satirical items mocking contemporary figures and events: Noyes' French missionary work, Anna Dickinson's marriage prospects, Turkish naval power, and various minor social absurdities. The humor relies on readers' familiarity with specific public figures and scandals of the period, most now obscure without additional historical context.