The Wasp — 1890 — page 65: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire or comics. The visible advertisements include: - L.A. Berteling's optician services - Gas stoves for cooking - Carpet and upholstery bargains from W. & J. Sloane - Murray's Specific (a patent medicine) - The Ebbitt hotel in Washington, D.C. - Pennyroyal Pills (a controversial female contraceptive/abortifacient) The text includes short humorous dialogues like "A Step Too Far," "A Park Mystery," and "He Knew"—brief comedic sketches rather than political commentary. The Pennyroyal Pills advertisement is notable historically as it references a dangerous, widely-used substance. Overall, this appears to be a typical late-19th-century magazine page mixing ads with light entertainment content.