The Wasp — 1891 — page 349: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is predominantly **advertising** with one brief cartoon section labeled "TOKELETTES!!!" The cartoon depicts a domestic scene with the caption "KEEPING HIM BUSY." It shows a mother and children, with dialogue between "Miss Landy" and "Mrs. Landy" discussing where papa is—he's in the library listening to piano music to avoid going to the seaside. The joke satirizes **domestic life and marital dynamics**: a husband evading family vacation obligations through distraction. The rest of the page contains period advertisements for patent medicines (Scott's Emulsion, Epps's Cocoa), banking services, and remedies for various ailments. This reflects typical early 20th-century satirical magazine revenue models, where advertisements subsidized editorial content.