The Wasp — 1893 — page 193: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **advertising with some satirical content**. The dominant features are commercial ads for products like Epps's Cocoa, Baker's Breakfast Cocoa, and shoe sales. The satirical section titled **"A MISS IS BETTER THAN CANDY"** presents a dialogue mocking superficial social concerns. A woman (identified as "Mrs. Fen Trade") complains about receiving candy at a party, preferring something more valuable. The Society Reporter's closing comment—suggesting "a calf would be the proper thing to put in it for you"—sarcastically mocks her materialism and shallow priorities. The cartoon images show fashionably dressed women with opera glasses and lorgnettes, typical of period satirical commentary on vanity and pretension among society women. The overall point critiques upper-class women's focus on material acquisition over genuine values.