The Wasp — 1895 — page 363: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily advertising with one central cartoon titled "Even in Gorilla Land" (credited to *Life*). The illustration depicts two gorillas examining a parasol or umbrella, with a caption below explaining that a woman's paper blew into African wilderness, leading Mrs. Gorilla to discover her "rights." The satire appears to reference women's suffrage or women's rights activism of the era. The joke suggests that even primitive gorillas, upon encountering evidence of civilization (the parasol/paper), would recognize and demand equal rights—implying the women's rights movement is so fundamental that even animals would understand it. The humor relies on contemporary attitudes viewing both gorillas and women's rights advocates as equally absurd or primitive. The remainder of the page consists of travel advertisements and steamship company notices.