The Wasp — 1892 — page 540: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **advertising and serialized fiction**, not political satire or cartooning. The left column continues a story titled "He Knew His Business," featuring a young artist named Dauleigh who paints society portraits. The narrative mocks the pretensions of wealthy patrons like Mrs. Kettledrum and Mrs. Bandoligne, satirizing how artists flatter and manipulate wealthy clients through flattery and artistic jargon ("breadth of treatment," "technique"). The right side features **period advertisements** for a dry goods store (Corner, Moffatt & Co.), Dinmore's Soap, and a brief comic dialogue between two characters discussing Christmas shopping theft. The satire is **social rather than political**—targeting class pretension and commercialism rather than government or public figures.