The Wasp — 1895 — page 253: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page combines social commentary with advertisements. The main illustrated article "The Race-Track Hoodoo" mocks a wealthy man consulting a fortune teller about horse racing losses. The satire suggests he's seeking supernatural explanations rather than accepting poor judgment or luck. The smaller illustration on the left depicts a fashionable woman on a bicycle, accompanying text about the French term "bicyclette" and bicycle language across cultures—likely satirizing both the bicycle craze and pretentious cosmopolitan affectations of the era. The page concludes with an advertisement for Inglenook Table Wine, marketed as "California's Choicest Production." The overall tone mocks both gullibility in gambling and fashionable trends of the period.