The Wasp — 1896 — page 624: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and fashion commentary**, not political satire. The left side features "The Foibles of Fashion," a column by "Dear Gladys" discussing women's traveling clothes and fashion trends. It includes a portrait of **Miss Viola Allen**, identified as "a clever actress who is considered one of the most artistic dressers on the American stage," wearing an elaborate Edwardian gown with puffed sleeves and decorative elements. The right side advertises **The Wasp's forthcoming "Great Special Edition"** — a pictorial history of San Francisco's past and present, showing historical photographs of the Mission Dolores and the launching of the Comanche (1864). The advertisement emphasizes this will be "the finest and rarest collection of old photographs...ever published," priced at 25 cents. There is no political cartoon on this page — it's a lifestyle and advertising section.