The Wasp — 1895 — page 727: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains several satirical sections typical of early American humor magazines. The main cartoons include: 1. **"Dead Game: Sports on the Homestretch"** — A caricatured man buying tickets, satirizing railroad fraud schemes. The accompanying text describes how wealthy individuals like C.P. Huntington exploited railroad magnates through various swindles. 2. **"Superiority of Woman"** — A cartoon showing a man and woman at dinner, with humorous dialogue about hypnosis, satirizing gender relations and male pretensions to superiority. The page mixes political/business satire with domestic comedy. References to railroad fraud and Huntington's schemes suggest this is from the Gilded Age, when such corporate misconduct was common. The overall tone attacks wealthy schemers while poking fun at social dynamics.