The Wasp — 1893 — page 266: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising with one brief satirical story** ("Unnerved" and "Encouragement"). The cartoon at the top left shows two women wearing "lorgnettes, goldsheep, and eye-glasses"—exaggerated fashion accessories of the era. The accompanying story mocks wealthy San Francisco society women: a husband returns home wearing a "confounded scoop shirt" and "hook skirts" (men's fashionable garments), causing his wife to mistake him for someone else. The satire ridicules both the absurdity of current male fashion and the superficiality of society women who judge by appearance alone. The remaining content is **commercial advertising** for products like Liebig's beef extract, spring hats, champagne, cocoa, pharmacy creams, flour, and patent medicines—typical of periodicals from this era.