The Wasp — 1891 — page 364: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily advertising for San Francisco businesses (ink stands, tailors, furniture storage, beer halls, glove factories, and pianos). Two small comic sketches appear on the left side. The first shows a woman confronting a man labeled "Mr. Poodles" about household expenses—specifically sponges and grocer bills. The second sketch depicts a domestic scene where the same couple discusses economy measures, with the wife sarcastically noting her husband's recent milliner bill contradicts his claims about practicing frugality. The satire targets middle-class hypocrisy: husbands lecturing wives about household spending while spending freely themselves. The humor relies on recognizable domestic tension rather than political commentary.