The Wasp — 1896 — page 1057: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements** with one small satirical cartoon titled "Their Millenium" in the upper left. The cartoon depicts two figures in conversation about Christmas—one appears to be a wealthy person or employer, the other a laborer or working-class person. The dialogue suggests class commentary: they're discussing the difficulty of affording a proper Christmas without adequate wages. One character mentions reading about "experts" agreeing that something won't work "in the world"—likely referring to economic inequality or labor conditions. The joke satirizes the vast gap between rich and poor during this era, suggesting that achieving financial security for working people was considered philosophically impossible by those in power—a bleak commentary on Gilded Age economic disparity. The remainder of the page contains standard late-19th/early-20th-century business advertisements and notices.