The Wasp — 1896 — page 653: what you’re looking at

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This page contains two captioned illustrations amid advertising. The first shows a well-dressed couple with the caption "BITTER MEMORIES," where Mrs. Nagode reminisces that Henry promised her a motor car, but instead bought Mrs. Nagode one—explaining why "I filled being dragged out to church every Sunday." The second cartoon, "THE OLD DODGE," depicts a woman at a vehicle with the caption: "Miss Hilltop—How did Blanche manage to get a husband? / Miss Kittish—She utilized a matrimonial agency. / Miss Hilltop—One surely didn't! What matrimonial agency old she utilize? / Miss Kittish—'A humbug!'" Both satirize marriage and domestic life, using automobile references as metaphors for marital disappointment and deception in courtship.