The Wasp — 1888 — page 276: what you’re looking at

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This page contains three main sections: 1. **"Sogglesspeil's Cat"** — A humorous story about a cat belonging to someone named Sogglesspeil, focusing on the pet's mischievous behavior and physical characteristics. 2. **"The Ragged Reformer"** — A poem criticizing a self-righteous reformer who preaches poverty and morality while being hypocritical about his own circumstances. The satire targets his pretentious sermonizing. 3. **Right side**: Mostly advertisements for patent medicines, wallpapers, and other products typical of the era. The large illustrated advertisement for "The King of Consumption" (a patent medicine) uses sensational disease imagery common to late 19th-century marketing. Without more specific historical context about Sogglesspeil's identity or the reformer's reference, the exact satirical targets remain unclear, though the general tone mocks hypocrisy and charlatanry.