The Wasp — 1896 — page 917: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising with some satirical comic vignettes**. The left side contains three separate jokes about social etiquette and marriage: 1. "Had More Than a Sufficiency" - mocks a dinner guest's complaint about soup 2. "Not So Bad As He Thought" - satirizes a father's relief that his daughter married poorly but fashionably 3. "Out of Politics" - jokes about political ambitions and nepotism (referencing Mark Hanna and William McKinley-era politics) The right side features extensive San Francisco business advertisements for flour, beer, typewriters, and other goods—typical of 19th-century satirical magazines that relied on advertising revenue. The cartoons employ gentle social satire targeting middle-class pretensions and political absurdity, rather than attacking specific individuals or major events.