The Wasp — 1888 — page 451: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three separate literary pieces rather than political cartoons: 1. **"Didn't Want to Be Men"** - A satirical dialogue about young women smoking cigars, mocking Victorian gender anxieties about women's liberation and changing social roles. 2. **"The Queer Experience of Two Drummers"** - A humorous narrative about traveling salesmen ("drummers") seeking lodging, playing on period stereotypes about itinerant workers. 3. **"The South Missourian"** - A poem satirizing a college boy's pretentious knowledge of Greek and Latin, poking fun at educated young men lacking practical wisdom. The page also includes various short comedic sketches and advertisements (notably "Horsford's Acid Phosphate" at bottom), typical of 1890s satirical magazines. The humor targets social pretension, gender role confusion, and intellectual pomposity rather than specific political figures.