The Wasp — 1888 — page 111: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains short fictional stories and anecdotes rather than political cartoons. The content includes: **"The Girl's Fourth of July"** — a poem about Independence Day celebrations **"A Mean Trick"** — a narrative about deception in relationships, where a character named Charley played a trick on his friend regarding a woman **"A Purty Way to Talk to a Pore Lone Widder"** — a dialogue between a widow from Illinois and a man named Mr. Donaldson, discussing remarriage and past relationships in rural America **Advertisements** — including "Horsford's Acid Phosphate" for mental depression treatment The page represents typical late 19th-century American satirical magazine content: humorous social commentary through fictional scenarios rather than visual cartoons. The humor targets rural courtship customs, widow remarriage prospects, and romantic deception among ordinary people.