The Wasp — 1896 — page 651: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The main cartoon illustration titled "She Evidently Has a Temper" depicts a domestic scene where a woman appears angry during a conversation about an upcoming wedding. The dialogue suggests Miss Van Cruizer is marrying Mr. Gough, with another character reassuring him that the bride's temperament shouldn't concern him. The cartoon satirizes **anxieties about marriage and women's emotions**—a common theme in period humor. The surrounding advertisements (champagne, bicycles, hotels, shoes, tailors) are typical of late 19th-century American magazines and provide context for *The Wasp*'s target readership of affluent San Francisco residents.