The Wasp — 1878 — page 451: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains miscellaneous humor items and anecdotes rather than a single cartoon. The only illustration shows "The Very Freshest American Humor"—a figure in motion labeled "EXCHANGE," suggesting humor being traded or circulated. The text consists of brief jokes and satirical commentary on various American social topics: church attendance, medicine, journalism, marriage, and labor practices. Many target hypocrisy—such as a clergyman who prohibits Sunday activities while breaking his own rules, or a medicine seller who secretly distrusts his own product. The humor is gentle social satire typical of 19th-century American periodicals, mocking everyday American behaviors and pretensions rather than specific political figures or events.