The Wasp — 1893 — page 441: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The main cartoon satirizes women's athletic participation, likely from the 1890s-1900s era. A woman in athletic attire sits on a box, wielding fencing equipment against a dandy-dressed man in a top hat and checked trousers who floats/levitates defensively. The satire likely mocks both the "New Woman" trend (women entering sports) and the emasculated "chappie" or fashionable male. The term "Chappie-ology" suggests pseudo-scientific mockery of male fashion-consciousness. The text confirms *The Wasp* published "splendid" political cartoons, noting this week's Democratic commentary regarding Cleveland and party upheaval in Ohio, Massachusetts, and New York—suggesting 1890s context. The lower section contains unrelated tailoring advertisement.