The Wasp — 1893 — page 313: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content** interspersed with brief satirical humor pieces. The main cartoons are minor jokes: "They Come High" mocks an old man's expensive china set, while "The Test of a Sordid Soul" plays on vanity regarding fashion. "A Chilly Jest" and "He Let Justified" are brief social quips about hotel guests and word etymology. The page is dominated by **commercial advertisements**: Woodbury's Facial Soap (with dermatologist endorsement), and notably, the "Skookum Root Hair Grower" advertisement—a period remedy claiming to cure baldness. These ads reflect early 1900s consumer culture targeting appearance anxieties. The cartoons' social commentary is light and domestic rather than political, focusing on manners, fashion, and personal vanity—typical fare for a satirical magazine mixing humor with advertising revenue.