The Wasp — 1891 — page 127: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* contains no political cartoon. Instead, it features: 1. **"Our Gallery of American Statesmen"**: A biographical article about Major-General John M. Schofield with his portrait, detailing his Civil War service and military career through 1888. 2. **Advertisement**: A product endorsement for "Mrs. Graham's Cucumber and Elder Flower Cream" for post-shaving skincare. 3. **"The New York Mausoleum"**: An article by "Oil Jack" satirizing a proposed taxidermy museum in New York that would preserve human corpses for display. The satirist mocks the idea as grotesque, imagining corpses posed in domestic settings, and jokes about visitors mistreating the preserved bodies. The mausoleum piece is satirical commentary on a real proposal, using dark humor to critique the concept.