The Wasp — 1893 — page 375: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, with one cartoon section titled "The Marvels of Science" and accompanying poems. The central cartoon depicts a **woman repeatedly falling or being thrown from a chair**, illustrated in sequential frames. The accompanying poem "Her Sorrow" explains she purchased an expensive tag but regrets the purchase, expressing frustration that "catchers came / And took him, tag and all"—suggesting the tag was for a pet, likely a dog, that was caught by authorities. The adjacent poem "During Courtship's Hours" and "Valuable But Not Costly" offer domestic humor about marriage and household products. The page is dominated by period **medical and commercial advertisements** for products like Liebig's Beef Extract, Ely's Cream Balm, and various San Francisco professional services. These ads reflect late-19th/early-20th-century consumer culture and patent medicine marketing typical of satirical magazines.