The Wasp — 1895 — page 571: what you’re looking at

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This page contains satirical commentary and advertisements rather than traditional political cartoons. The "Round and About" column discusses newspaper personal advertisements, mocking how widows and single women advertise for work or matrimonial prospects while concealing their true intentions. The text suggests these ads often mask mercenary motives behind respectable language. The right-side illustration titled "A Fair Cynic" appears to depict a fashionably dressed woman, likely satirizing the contradiction between women's stated gentility and their actual self-interest in these advertisements. The page also includes dialogue snippets mocking various social types and a Royal Baking Powder advertisement. The overall tone ridicules the hypocrisy and deception inherent in personal advertising among the working and lower-middle classes.