The Wasp — 1893 — page 209: what you’re looking at

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This page contains a serialized narrative titled "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned," centering on a character named Polly who discovers her boyfriend with another woman in his college room. The story is illustrated with three sequential farm-yard episodes (numbered I-III) on the left, showing animals in human situations—likely satirizing human behavior through animal stand-ins. The main narrative mocks Victorian-era gender dynamics: Polly's extreme emotional reaction to perceived infidelity, her vanity regarding her appearance, and the social embarrassment of discovering a boy in a compromised situation. The satire targets both female jealousy and male cowardice, presenting the incident as absurdly dramatic—a common satirical approach in this period's humor magazines.