The Wasp, 1913 · page 116 of 364
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This appears to be a literary excerpt rather than a cartoon page. The text describes a scene between characters named Burnham and Stanton at what seems to be a governor's social gathering. The satire concerns Stanton, who has become dramatically intoxicated—the only guest to fully "succumb to the governor's hospitality." Servants have revived him with water (the "usual treatment" for drunkenness). Burnham taunts Stanton with mock congratulations about a "sweet romance" with someone named Kitty, sarcastically praising his "fidelity." The earlier dialogue hints at gossip: Stanton has "queer eyes" fixed on a girl, and he's identified as "One of the Berkshire Burnhams"—suggesting he's from an old, distinguished family now acting foolishly. The satire targets upper-class social pretension: a man of supposedly good breeding rendered ridiculous through overindulgence, while his peers gossip and mock him. It's commentary on the gap between social status and actual behavior.
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THE WASP 113 “Yes; but there is something deuced queer about his eyes,” replied the other. “‘I’d be sorry to get into an argument with him, stap me if I wouldn’t! One of the Berkshire Burnhams, so old Nash tells me. He’s got his queer eyes on the girl, that’s my opinion.” Burnham found Stanton sitting up on the floor with a dazed and sullen expression on his face, his stock undone, and his head and uniform dripping with water. The servants had found him and, quite as a matter of course, administered the usual treatment for such cases, _At was evident that Stanton was the only one of the guests who had completely succumbed to the governor’s hospitality. He looked at Burnham and scowled. Burnham bowed ironically. “T no longer thirst for your blood, you'll doubt- less be glad to hear,” he said. “I hasten to con- gratulate you on your sweet romance. I never sus- pected you of such fidelity. I hear that Kitty is as charming as ever. You must convey my kindest Comichooks.com