The Wasp — 1895 — page 998: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features a single cartoon titled "She Was Unacquainted with Slang." The illustration shows a social scene where a woman seated on a chair appears to be the focus of attention from well-dressed onlookers, including a man standing to the left. The accompanying text references "Miss Century" and "Miss Sorrow," with dialogue about a husband who "had his leg pulled at the club last night." The joke plays on the woman's unfamiliarity with slang—she apparently took her husband's metaphorical complaint literally, not understanding that "having one's leg pulled" is an idiom meaning to be teased or deceived. The satire mocks outdated femininity and social naïveté among upper-class women of the era.