The Wasp — 1894 — page 105: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements** interspersed with editorial content. The main cartoon depicts two figures discussing Lent's approach—Colonel Fellowes (appearing worried) and Miss Oldgirl (unconcerned). Their dialogue jokes about Lent's dietary restrictions: Fellowes frets about fasting, while Miss Oldgirl dismisses concerns, noting men over sixty are exempt from religious observance requirements. A secondary sketch labeled "Heard on Nob Hill" presents society gossip—likely satirizing San Francisco's wealthy neighborhood residents and their trivial concerns. The satire targets both religious hypocrisy (using age as excuse to ignore Lent) and upper-class pretension. The page otherwise features local San Francisco business advertisements—saloons, dental services, laundries, coal dealers—reflecting the magazine's commercial-dependent format typical of 1890s American periodicals.