The Wasp — 1895 — page 549: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **advertising content** with one small satirical cartoon titled "His Golden Wedding." The cartoon depicts two elderly figures in formal attire (top hats and coats) walking together. The dialogue reads: "Coming around to my golden wedding, old chap?" / "Why, man, you're not thirty-five?" / "No—but I'm to marry an heiress." **The satire**: The joke mocks wealthy men who marry young heiresses for money rather than love or genuine companionship. "Golden wedding" typically marks 50 years of marriage, but here it's cynically applied to a young man marrying solely for financial gain—turning his wedding itself into a "golden" (profitable) transaction. The cartoon satirizes mercenary marriages among the wealthy.