The Wasp — 1894 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a short story titled "Trebucien's Wife" (credited as "After the French of Max Dyes"), depicting a domestic conflict. The narrative shows a husband returning home to find his wife attempting suicide by hanging after he'd spent the evening at a café. The story emphasizes the wife's jealousy and the husband's callous indifference, ending with her attempting to kill herself as punishment. The satirical point appears to critique marital dynamics and male indifference toward women's emotional suffering—a commentary on period gender relations. The accompanying business letters and coal advertisement are standard magazine content rather than editorial commentary. The cartoon illustration shows the scene realistically rather than caricaturally.