The Wasp — 1891 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a narrative story with an embedded illustration rather than a political cartoon. The illustration depicts what appears to be an execution scene—a hanging—with multiple figures gathered around a gallows. The accompanying text describes an emigrant's journey and encounters with hardship, including a starving dog and a woman at a boarding house. The narrative concludes with a story about a woman on a Pacific Railroad train who smokes and ejects a small poodle from a window. The page also includes an advertisement for "Mrs. Graham's Cucumber and Elder Flower Cream" for post-shaving skincare. Without clearer political context or captions identifying specific figures, the exact satirical targets remain unclear, though the content appears to critique social conditions and perhaps railroad passenger behavior of the era.