The Wasp — 1891 — page 132: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial advertisements for products like Scott's Emulsion (cod liver oil), banks, champagne, cocoa, and a patent medicine claiming to cure fits/epilepsy. The only illustrated content appears to be titled "**A Couple of the Latest Things Out**" featuring two sketches: "**The Bustle**" (for ladies only) and "**Women and Mice**." These appear to be social commentary cartoons about fashion and gender relations rather than political satire—mocking the exaggerated bustle silhouette fashionable at the time and making a joke about women's reactions to mice. The accompanying text discusses women's fashion choices and vanity, presented in a satirical tone typical of period magazines, but the cartoons themselves are difficult to interpret clearly from this reproduction.