The Wasp — 1894 — page 226: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising with some satirical content**. The main cartoon depicts a doctor examining a sickly child while a worried parent looks on. The caption "WHAT SHE HATED" shows dialogue about the child refusing medicine—a common domestic scene. Below, "THE WINDOWS OF THE SOUL" features a woman observing people's character through their eyes, satirizing pseudo-scientific physiognomy (reading personality from physical features). "NO WONDER" shows a tired mother asking her child why he's happy after visiting his father—implying parental neglect or marital discord was a source of the child's misery. The page is dominated by patent medicine advertisements (Scott's Emulsion, Damiana Bitters, Liebig Extract) typical of early 20th-century publications, exploiting health anxieties with dubious remedies.