The Wasp — 1914 — page 145: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a literary excerpt rather than a political cartoon. The text presents a character named Burnham delivering a harsh monologue to a woman named Kitty about her romantic prospects with a man named Percy. Burnham mocks Percy as a coward and dependent mama's boy, predicting the marriage would fail due to financial incompatibility—he suggests Percy's wealthy parents (corset and breeches makers) would clash with Kitty's family background. Burnham cynically advises Kitty to abandon Percy and instead use her intelligence to find a self-made man. The passage satirizes Victorian courtship expectations, class anxieties about marriage, and parental interference in romantic decisions. Without additional context about the original publication date or authors, I cannot identify the specific source or intended targets of this satire.