The Wasp — 1895 — page 1072: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial advertisements from late 19th-century San Francisco, including: - Art glass works and church windows - Medical remedies (for coughs, deafness, dental work, constipation, piles) - Beauty products (hair dressing, toilet powder) - Medicinal bitters - A dental parlor The only illustration with narrative content is a sketch titled "Why She Was Pensive," showing a woman in period dress with accompanying text suggesting relationship anxiety—likely a sentimental or domestic humor piece rather than satire. The page represents typical *Wasp* content: mixing satirical journalism with paying advertisements that subsidized the publication. The products advertised reveal period concerns: medical quackery was rampant, and such magazines accepted dubious remedies as standard revenue.