The Wasp — 1891 — page 409: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and humorous filler content** rather than political satire. The main cartoon titled "JOKELETTES!!!" shows four figures in an umbrella shop—a visual gag about umbrellas and rain, followed by written jokes about umbrellas going up when it rains and customers complaining about prices. Other sections include product advertisements (Scott's Emulsion cough medicine, Epps's Cocoa, champagne, leather belting) interspersed with short humorous anecdotes: "He Eats Gloves" (a newlywed husband eating gloves instead of drinking), "The Way He Should Go" (about a crying infant), and references to Simmons Liver Regulator. The page functions as typical late 19th/early 20th-century magazine filler—mixing light domestic humor with commercial advertisements rather than offering sharp political commentary.