The Wasp — 1894 — page 489: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three satirical cartoons and humorous dialogue sketches typical of late 19th-century American humor magazines. **"After the Honeymoon"** depicts marital disillusionment through dialogue between a wife (Mrs. Spreezy) and husband, mocking romantic ideals versus domestic reality. **"Our Ornamental Fair Guards"** appears to satirize women employed as fair attendants, with commentary on their appearance and work conditions. **"Capital Doubled"** discusses E. Fox & Co.'s Louisiana lottery operations, praising their business expansion and legitimacy. This reflects contemporary gambling enterprises that operated semi-legally. The remaining sketches mock various social types: demanding paper manufacturers, construction workers, and domestic servants. The humor targets class pretensions, romantic delusions, and business practices of the Gilded Age.