The Wasp — 1894 — page 543: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two cartoons satirizing character types. **"The Half-and-Half Kind"** depicts a man and woman in conversation, with text suggesting the woman is "sometimes masculine" and "sometimes feminine," making her impossible to account for—likely satirizing women who don't conform to Victorian gender expectations. **"What's in a Name?"** shows two men discussing names. The dialogue references "Isanstein," "Mulgooday," and "Jack," suggesting satire about ethnic or immigrant names, with the implication that such unfamiliar names mark one as an outsider or social inferior. Both cartoons reflect late 19th/early 20th-century prejudices about gender nonconformity and immigration. The page is otherwise filled with period advertisements.