The Wasp — 1891 — page 465: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. The left and right margins contain commercial advertisements for San Francisco businesses (liquor dealers, insurance companies, pianos, office furniture, etc.). The center features a social cartoon titled "A Love Song" showing two women in conversation. The dialogue satirizes romantic disappointment and jealousy—one woman recounts seeing her former love interest with another woman at various locations (Del Monte, San Rafael, Boston). The humor derives from the narrator's increasingly desperate attempts to convince herself the rival woman is unattractive ("a face—by a fan nearly hidden"), while clearly remaining jealous. Below this is a brief joke about ticket pricing at what appears to be a hotel or venue. The cartoon reflects **period attitudes about courtship, jealousy, and female social competition** rather than making explicit political commentary.