The Wasp — 1888 — page 114: what you’re looking at

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This appears to be a page from *The Wasp* magazine containing primarily **text content rather than cartoons**. The visible material includes: 1. **"The Wife of Your Neighbor"** — a poem by W.J.C. (San Francisco, Feb. 11, 1888) about marital fidelity and neighborly relations, using humor to address infidelity temptations. 2. **"Musical Memo by a Fiat"** — a satirical glossary defining musical and performance terminology in colloquial, irreverent terms (e.g., "pipe" organ as "the male mouth"). 3. **Brief news items** about colonial imports, a clergyman dismissed for tobacco use, and other social commentary. The page functions as **satirical social commentary** through wordplay and definitions rather than visual caricature. The humor targets Victorian social conventions, clergy hypocrisy, and pretentious musical terminology.