The Wasp — 1891 — page 282: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and humor content** rather than political satire. The main illustrated comic strips include: **"At the Ferry"** and **"Marching Over the Keys"** — domestic humor about ordinary people and everyday situations (a farmer at a ferry, someone playing piano). **"She Talked Too Much"** and **"Two Periods"** — brief joke sequences about a woman's chattiness in a theater and a couple's changed financial circumstances after marriage. The page is dominated by **commercial advertisements** for San Francisco businesses: pianos, champagne, leather belting, tailoring services, and medical products (Simmons Liver Regulator, Horsford's Acid Phosphate). The humor is genteel and domestic rather than politically pointed—typical of satirical magazines that blended social observation with commercial sponsorship.