The Wasp — 1891 — page 444: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical page contains multiple brief news commentary items and illustrations rather than a unified cartoon. Key content includes: **"Cold-Blooded"** illustration depicts two women; the caption jokes about Miss Icely's cold behavior toward a suitor, with a pun about "ice-cream man." **"Phonographic"** section comments on economic prosperity and industrial growth, though "Italy was implacable" due to "hard ruin," suggesting critique of unequal development. Remaining items discuss various political and social topics: Anna Dickinson's lawsuit, the steamship *Record*, Premier Rudini, and a conflict between winemakers and the Presidential Banquet Committee. The bottom illustration, "Unused to Luxuries," shows Mrs. Feeney with a parasol, joking about class and unfamiliar wealth. The page emphasizes satirizing contemporary American politics, society, and personalities through brief, pointed commentary.