The Wasp — 1895 — page 474: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a serialized story ("Our Story" section) rather than political cartoons. The narrative follows "Buttercup," a young woman working at Mr. Muck's candy factory who becomes romantically entangled with multiple men, including her employer Mr. Boston. The story illustrates early 20th-century workplace dynamics and gender relations—specifically how a young working-class woman navigates unwanted male attention and power imbalances. Her interactions with factory supervisors and gentlemen callers reflect period attitudes toward women in industrial employment. The illustrations show Buttercup in various scenarios with male figures. The adjacent advertisements (George Fair, Haraszthy Champagne) are typical commercial content for *The Wasp*, a San Francisco satirical magazine that mixed social commentary with standard magazine features.