The Wasp, 1913 · page 67 of 364
The Wasp — 1913 — page 67: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This appears to be a page from a serialized fiction story in *The Wasp* magazine, not a political cartoon. The text describes a dramatic scene where a character named Burnham encounters an unconscious woman on a beach. The woman is depicted as young, white, and dressed in equestrian attire (boots, spurs, a whip)—suggesting she's a woman of means or status accustomed to riding. Her collapse on the hot sand and Burnham's immediate response ("Here's a guide for me") sets up narrative tension. Without additional context about the story's plot, characters, or publication date, I cannot identify specific satirical or political references. This reads as adventure or romance fiction rather than satire. The page number (66) indicates this is mid-story. To understand any social commentary, we'd need to know the story's broader context and whether *The Wasp* was satirizing a particular contemporary work or social situation.
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IV HE stranger was white and young. Burn- ham’s keen eyes told him so while she was yet a long way off. She was hatless, and her brown hair was tumbled about her drooping shoulders. She was dressed in white, with a long skirt, and in one gloved hand she carried a wisp of a whip. She walked as if the sands dragged backward at her heels; the watcher saw that she was booted, and caught the glint of sunlight on her spurs. Just as Burnham rose to meet her she reeled, fell, and lay motionless on the sand. “Here’s a guide for me, as I live!’ exclaimed Burnham. He left the shade of the grove and went swifdy along the beach to the prostrate woman. The hot sand scorched the soles of his naked feet. She lay face downward, and he stooped and laid a hand on one of her slender shoulders. She did 66 Comichooks.com