The Wasp — 1891 — page 170: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The top left contains a small cartoon titled "His Advice" showing a doctor and patient in conversation—the doctor (labeled "Dr La Croix") dismissively tells the patient he needs a "six-dollar bill" more than medical treatment, a joke about medical costs and doctors' mercenary attitudes. Below that is a "Gospel Truths" column by Parson Brown offering moral advice about neighbors' wives, presented with Victorian-era social commentary about physical beauty, ethnicity, and class. The remainder consists of San Francisco business advertisements (insurance, printing, hotels, seed catalogs) typical of late 19th-century magazines. The page contains no significant political satire or topical commentary beyond the brief opening doctor joke.