The Wasp — 1888 — page 179: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and fiction**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Left side:** A serialized story titled "The St. Valentine Pranks of Two Boy Rows," depicting mischievous rural gentlemen playing tricks on neighbors—including the deacon and a house with a door-jamb trap. **Right side:** Multiple advertisements, including: - **Schramsberg Wines** (self-distributed) - **Peplow & Tilley** (printers) - **Lyon's Kathairon** (hair product advertisement featuring an illustrated woman's head, promoting hair growth and preventing baldness/graying) The Lyon's Kathairon ad is the only visual "cartoon," though it's product advertising rather than political commentary. The page reflects typical late-19th century magazine content mixing entertainment fiction with patent-medicine and luxury-goods advertising.