The Wasp — 1892 — page 231: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and business notices** rather than satirical content. The central image is a portrait of **Hon. John R. McPherson**, identified as a United States Senator from New Jersey. A brief humorous dialogue appears beneath it, depicting a distracted bridegroom at a wedding—likely satirizing absent-minded or negligent husbands of the era. The rest of the page contains numerous patent medicine advertisements and business notices typical of late 19th-century publications, including dubious remedies for male vitality, piles, and general weakness. These ads themselves are somewhat satirical by modern standards, reflecting the era's credulous medical marketplace, though presented straightforwardly here. The overall page demonstrates how satirical magazines funded operations through such advertisements.