The Wasp — 1889 — page 296: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two separate illustrations and satirical commentary rather than a single unified political cartoon. The upper illustration shows a man in a field encountering what appears to be a fire, with dialogue about "Fire away!" and "Fallers like you hit 'em better when you don't see 'em at all!"—likely satirizing carelessness or recklessness. The lower illustration depicts women at what's labeled "Advance in Electrical Science," showing a woman with an "electrical eye" at six feet distance in a park setting—mocking new technological claims or women's safety gadgets of the era. The page also contains "Answers to Correspondents," offering mock advice on marriage failures, poetry, and brick-making—typical satirical humor of the publication's social commentary. Without clearer identification of specific contemporary figures or events referenced, the exact political targets remain somewhat unclear.