The Wasp — 1891 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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**Main Illustration:** "By the Sad Sea Waves" depicts an adult (likely representing a foolish authority figure) standing awkwardly among children playing in shallow water. The sketch satirizes adult incompetence or misplaced authority in domestic/social situations. **Text Content:** The page contains two humorous anecdotes: 1. "Unauthenticated Tales" mocking D.M. Greenway's claim of discovering a "Darwinian baboon"—satirizing pseudoscientific pretensions. 2. "Clips Dogs"—a satirical story about a Frenchman trying to sell a small dog to a Westerner, playing on cross-cultural misunderstandings and sales deception. The satire targets gullibility, false expertise, and international charlatanism typical of late 19th-century American humor.