The Wasp — 1891 — page 356: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"Jokelettes"** - A humor section featuring brief comedic dialogues about domestic situations (a man calling his wife "old duffer," someone asking about a birthday gift for "sister Else"). **"The Senatorial Game"** - Appears to be wordplay on political judgment versus outcomes. **"A Brain and Nerve Food"** - Advertisement for Horsford's Acid Phosphate, claiming to treat overwork exhaustion. The advertisements fill most of the page, promoting local San Francisco businesses (pianos, leather belting, brushes, soda). The small illustrations—jokelette figures and a Napa Soda ad—are incidental to the commercial content. This appears to be a typical turn-of-century magazine page mixing modest humor with revenue-generating advertisements.