The Wasp — 1891 — page 65: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and content**, not political satire. The central illustration titled "MISUNDERSTOOD" shows two figures in conversation—labeled "Deacon Laffey" and "Mrs. Cook"—engaging in a domestic dialogue about purchasing something ("um becaus i'm always forgetten mine"). Below this are three poems titled "THREE STAGES" from the *Somerville Journal*, apparently about romantic relationships and courtship, followed by "BEFORE AND AFTER TAKING" (a Chicago Herald piece about picnics). The remainder consists of business advertisements for San Francisco establishments—liquor dealers, insurance companies, pianos, shipping merchants, and office furniture. **No significant political satire is evident on this page.**