The Wasp — 1896 — page 259: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains poetry and advertisements rather than political cartoons. The upper section includes romantic verse titled "At the Hopkins Art Institute" (about an artist and fair woman), "Fair Patient" (a doctor-patient dialogue), and "Pertinent Inquiries" (satirical questions to "The Dainty Student"). The illustrations show two couples in fashionable dress, likely accompanying the romantic content. The bulk of the page is dominated by advertisements: one for pure milk from the California Milk Producers Association, and a large advertisement for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. offering long-distance telephone service at $2.50/month plus 5 cents per switch, with kitchen telephones available free through grocers. The page reflects early 1900s consumer advertising and domestic humor rather than political satire.