The Wasp — 1895 — page 294: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a serialized domestic comedy story illustrated with line drawings. The narrative concerns Monsieur Donnadieu, a formerly ambitious businessman who has grown lazy and indifferent after marriage. His wife, Madame Donnadieu, is an attractive woman who takes a "philosophical view" of their troubled union. The plot involves her consideration of divorcing him in favor of a man named Auguste Oliver, whom she finds more attentive. The story depicts the wife's frustration with her husband's deterioration and her ultimate decision to stay married. The page also includes an unrelated advertisement for Ayer's Pills. The story appears designed as light satirical commentary on bourgeois marriage dynamics rather than political satire.