The Wasp — 1893 — page 85: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and humor columns** rather than political satire. The main cartoon, "The Right Shop," depicts a humorous domestic scene where a man seeks a loan from a barber, promising the barber will "run you through the machine" after he finishes shaving—a joke about the barber's equipment and masculine grooming. The rest of the page contains advertisements (Woodbury's Facial Soap, Skookum Root Hair Grower, piano rentals) interspersed with brief humor columns like "Only One Thing Lacking," "Both Pleased," and "Poker Mad"—typical magazine filler featuring wordplay and domestic comedy rather than pointed social commentary. This reflects *The Wasp*'s format: satirical magazine mixing advertisements with light comedy pieces and occasional political cartoons on other pages.