The Wasp — 1895 — page 70: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains several humorous short stories and illustrated anecdotes rather than political cartoons. The pieces include: **"Excelsior, or Words to That Effect"** — a comedic poem about an old man's nighttime journey, illustrated with a sketch of a woman in period dress. **"How a Man Locks the Door"** — satirizing domestic life, depicting the elaborate rituals husbands perform checking locks while wives call from upstairs. **"A Burglar's Logic"** — featuring a caricatured burglar explaining his criminal philosophy to a fire and police chief he's robbed. **"Their First Quarrel"** — a dialogue between newlyweds arguing about kissing etiquette, illustrated with a couple embracing. The humor targets everyday domestic situations and middle-class anxieties rather than specific political figures. The cartoons are character-driven social satire typical of late-nineteenth-century American humor magazines.