The Wasp — 1895 — page 69: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains multiple short satirical pieces and illustrations rather than a single cartoon. The content includes: **"Round and About"** - Humorous anecdotes about society figures, including a discussion of a woman at the races and references to a Colonel Barry. **"Fighting is Dead"** - Commentary on boxing at Coney Island, mentioning boxer "Slugger" Ryan and *The Examiner* newspaper. **"A Lucid Explanation"** - An illustrated domestic scene showing a couple, apparently satirizing confused explanations between spouses. **"No Cards"** - A piece about a wedding where the couple deliberately omits traditional ceremony. The page also includes several comic dialogues like "How He Ended," "Girl," and "A Romance of Pronouns"—brief satirical sketches mocking contemporary social conventions, relationships, and middle-class pretensions through ironic wordplay and exaggerated situations.