The Wasp — 1895 — page 189: what you’re looking at

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This page contains miscellaneous satirical humor sketches and brief comedic dialogues rather than focused political cartoons. The pieces include: **"The Electric Light Stud"** — A woman rejects a man's advances, sarcastically praising his supposed qualities. **"With All the Honors"** — A newlywed's mother defends serving her son oysters and brown bread, claiming he was "rightly served." **"De Gustibus"** and **"Discouraging"** — Social satire about courtship and family objections to romantic suitors. **"Moses on the Mount"** and other sketches — Brief comic dialogues about everyday situations. The humor targets Victorian-era social conventions, romantic disappointments, and domestic life. Without specific historical context identifying the individuals referenced, the exact satirical targets remain unclear, though the general subject is genteel society's romantic and social pretensions.