The Wasp — 1893 — page 307: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* contains primarily short humorous anecdotes and advertisements rather than political cartoons. The left side features several joke dialogues: "Afraid of Nothing" depicts a girl threatening to reveal embarrassing contents from a man's pocketbook; "She Was Conscientious" jokes about a woman's father approving of a young suitor; and "True for Him" presents a doctor's dark humor about returning an ill-fitting coat. The right side is dominated by advertisements for Woodbury's Facial Soap, J.W. Carmany tailoring, Decker Brothers pianos, and Sperry's flour. The humor throughout is domestic and social rather than explicitly political, targeting everyday situations, relationships, and class pretensions typical of early 20th-century American satire.