The Wasp — 1893 — page 187: what you’re looking at

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This page contains three satirical pieces: 1. **"In Far Off Lands"** (top): Shows two similar scenes of men in top hats confronting seated figures. The captions reference "Mawkrns" and suggest colonial or military contexts with drinking and violence ("licked this mawkrn' for ashin' me that chestnut"). 2. **"They Didn't, Indeed"** (left): A poem about Willie Walk and Turnpike Walker discussing military service and pensions—mocking their claimed inability to work or provide answers. 3. **"Egyptian Mummy"** (right): Two well-dressed men with top hats stand beside an Egyptian mummy case. The dialogue "Getting Back On Him" suggests they're discussing a recent publication, with one claiming to have written better verse. This appears to satirize literary pretension or plagiarism accusations. The page overall mocks pretension, colonial attitudes, and literary vanity.