The Wasp — 1894 — page 244: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a serialized short story titled "A Heart of Stone," with no political cartoons visible. The narrative concerns Amalie, a cold-hearted elderly woman who inherits wealth but shows no affection. The story explores her emotional detachment through interactions with servants and family, culminating in her death. The only illustration is an advertisement at bottom-right for "Dr. Hall's Pulmonary Ballsam," a patent medicine claiming to cure coughs, colds, and throat troubles—typical of period advertising. The page is primarily literary content rather than satirical cartooning. Without identifying the author or publication date from visible text, the story appears to be moral fiction typical of late 19th-century magazines, emphasizing themes of emotional coldness and eventual moral reckoning.