The Wasp — 1895 — page 772: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **literary content and advertisements** rather than political satire. The main feature is "Chrysalis and Butterfly," a short story about social interactions at Scarborough, featuring characters like Thea and Arthur. The narrative satirizes social pretension and romantic misunderstandings among the upper classes. The single illustration shows a woman in Victorian dress, labeled "Like a Drawing by Mars," though the connection to the story is unclear from the image alone. The remainder of the page consists of **commercial advertisements** for alcoholic beverages (Boord's whisky), investment services, and patent medicines like Adams' Pepsin Chewing Gum and Tutti-Frutti gum. This appears to be a typical fin-de-siècle magazine mixing entertainment with advertising revenue.