The Wasp — 1888 — page 91: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

**Top Cartoon:** Depicts a figure (labeled "PAPA SODA") being manipulated like a puppet or marionette by smaller figures below. This appears to be satirizing corporate control or manipulation of a beverage company, likely criticizing how business interests are controlled by external forces or investors. **"Carl Dunder" Section:** A humorous anecdote about a man repeatedly swindled by a con artist named Carl Dunder in Cleveland. The sergeant telling the story recounts multiple schemes where Dunder extracted money through various pretexts, illustrating themes of gullibility and urban fraud. **Right Page:** Contains "The Month of February," a poetic/illustrated piece about winter nature, unrelated to satire. The page primarily focuses on business and urban crime satire typical of late-19th-century American humor magazines.