The Wasp — 1887 — page 211: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains primarily **text-based satirical humor and anecdotes** rather than political cartoons. The main sections include: **"Our Pictures"** — Commentary on cartoon illustrations (appears elsewhere in the issue). **"The Lyingest Critters on Earth"** — A humorous anecdote about a Kentucky governor who exaggerates a fish story, satirizing tall tales and political boasting. **Other sections** mock contemporary figures and situations: anti-immigration sentiment ("No Foreigners Need Apply"), theatrical gossip about performers like J. Sackville and Frank Mayo, and social commentary on relationships. The page includes period advertisements (sewing machines, medical remedies). Rather than visual political cartooning, *The Wasp* here employs **written satire and humor** targeting everyday human foibles, politicians' dishonesty, and social pretensions typical of 1880s-90s American humor magazines.