The Wasp — 1893 — page 273: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. The left side features "A Modern Society Act" — a cartoon titled "Tossing for the Girl" showing two men in formal dress apparently gambling over a woman, with a royal portrait above. The accompanying dialogue satirizes wealthy society men who treat women as commodities and boast about their horses and investments as marks of status. The right side contains **period advertisements** (Woodbury's Facial Soap, Ely's Cream Balm, Skookum Root Hair Grower) typical of early 1900s magazines. These ads target beauty and health concerns common to the era. The "Modern Society Act" cartoon mocks upper-class male behavior and commodification of women rather than addressing specific political events or figures.