The Wasp — 1896 — page 609: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising and notices** rather than satirical content. The main illustration on the left shows "Marquis de Mores," identified as "a brave lieutenant of the French Reserve who was recently killed by the Arabs in the Soudan." The accompanying dialogue joke is mild—a photographer asking a woman if she wants her picture taken as various things (a Triby, a living picture, a bathing girl), with her responding "Very. When that man sings it hurts his horns." The bulk of the page contains **commercial advertisements** for steamship companies, camping resorts in California's Shasta region, and other services typical of 1890s San Francisco publications. The Marquis de Mores reference appears to be topical commentary on contemporary news rather than domestic political satire.