The Wasp — 1895 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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This page contains three satirical cartoons and gossip column content. **"The Road to Wealth"** (top) depicts two men dining, with one saying he gets clients through "practice" while the other brags about his single wealthy client, implying easy money from one rich patron beats steady work. **"Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing"** (bottom left) shows a man with raised arms in romantic pose, likely mocking sentimental poetry or theatrical affectation. **"Lunch Table Gossip"** features banter between characters named Pantsmeyer and a lawyer, discussing fashionable engagements and exchanges—appears to mock society's materialistic attitudes toward romance and marriage. The cartoons satirize wealth-seeking, pretentious behavior, and transactional attitudes toward relationships among the upper classes.