The Wasp — 1892 — page 465: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains brief humorous dialogues and social commentary rather than political cartoons. The sketches mock Victorian-era upper-class pretensions and etiquette: **"He Struck"** and **"Both"** satirize domestic life and marital dynamics, poking fun at trivial domestic disputes and materialistic concerns. **"Heroic Size," "Natural," and "Unseasonable"** employ short, punchy joke formats targeting social affectations—vanity about appearance, marital mishaps, and poor timing in financial requests. **"Those Girls Love One Another"** and other items ridicule romantic conventions and social expectations of the era. The single illustration shows a woman in fashionable dress, likely accompanying commentary on feminine vanity or social pretension. Overall, the page uses satirical wit to deflate middle and upper-class social pretenses typical of Gilded Age American humor magazines.