The Wasp — 1894 — page 109: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns** rather than political cartoons. The main satirical content includes: **"WASP Snapshot"**: An illustration of a woman dancing with a baby, accompanying humorous advice columns about writing for magazines, local artists, and professional unemployment. The jokes mock pretentious magazine writers and struggling artists. **"Those Chicago Newspapermen"**: A brief satirical exchange mocking Chicago journalists for borrowing pictures without attribution—suggesting they lack originality and ethics. **"He Knew Better"**: An illustrated anecdote about a man correcting a woman's grammar, satirizing pedantic behavior in relationships. The bulk of the page contains **railroad and steamship advertisements** for Pacific routes and **Dr. Gibson's Dispensary** (a medical advertisement). The scattered humorous verses at bottom mock various social types—the vain man, shady businessmen, and parasol salesmen—in typical 19th-century satirical style.