The Wasp — 1891 — page 388: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire or cartoons. The main image is a **portrait of Hon. Joseph R. Hawley, United States Senator from Connecticut**, identified in the text as "standing among the first men in the Republican ranks of to-day." The caption notes this is a likeness rather than satirical caricature. The remainder consists of theatrical reviews ("The President," "Credit Lorraine," "Cleopatra"), advertisements for patent medicines (Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, Tutt's Hair Dye, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup), and business notices including a furniture liquidation sale by F.S. Chadbourne & Co. No significant political cartoon or satire is present on this particular page.