The Wasp — 1893 — page 393: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page consists primarily of **advertisements and humor sections** rather than political cartoons. The left side shows two numbered satirical illustrations labeled "Application" and "Annihilation," depicting what appears to be slapstick scenes of violence or physical comedy—likely commentary on suppressing "Spring Poet and Bad Artist Nuisance," as the header suggests. The cartoons mock annoying social types through exaggerated, violent scenarios. The right side contains entirely **commercial advertisements**: Woodbury's Facial Soap (marketed by a dermatologist), Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh, and Skookum Root Hair Grower for baldness. These represent typical late-19th/early-20th-century patent medicine and beauty product pitches. The page also includes brief humorous anecdotes ("Hardly") rather than political satire. **No specific political figures or events are clearly referenced.**