The Wasp — 1890 — page 68: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements and notices** rather than satirical cartoons. The content includes: - Theater listings (Alcazar Theater, featuring "Lady Peggy") - A building illustration for the "Kettner's Museum" and "Battle of Gettysburg" - Bank and savings union notices - Multiple product advertisements (Simmons Liver Regulator, Liebig Extract of Beef, Dr. Gibbon's Dispensary, Bonestell & Co. paper board) - Classified notices for jobs and services The only identifiable satirical element is **"The Census,"** a short dialogue mocking census-takers asking intrusive personal questions about age, health, marital status, and family history. The humor lies in the absurdity of such inquiries and people's defensive reactions to them. Otherwise, this appears to be a typical late-19th-century newspaper/magazine page mixing humor columns with commercial advertisements.