The Wasp — 1890 — page 432: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three distinct items: **Top illustration**: Shows two men in conversation—one wearing a coat and hat, the other in formal dress. The accompanying dialogue humorously depicts a "trade customer" haggling over the price of what's described as a "fourteen dollar coat" sold for two dollars, with the buyer skeptically questioning its authenticity ("Humming-birds!"). **Middle section**: Brief commentary on various contemporary figures—Sir Edwin Arnold (teaching his daughter to smoke), Prof. Burnham (an astronomer), and Mrs. Eva Hamilton (an actress). These appear to be satirical jabs at public figures' personal behaviors or professional claims. **Bottom cartoon** ("A Joke on the Kid"): Depicts a simple domestic scene where a child has found a dynamite cartridge in a coat pocket, mistaking it for candy—dark humor about accidental danger. The overall tone is satirical commentary on public figures and social absurdities.