The Wasp — 1894 — page 286: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content. It contains patent medicine ads (Scott's Emulsion, Dr. Gibson's remedies, Damiana Bitters) typical of late 19th-century publications, alongside food/beverage advertisements (Epps's Cocoa, Liebig's Extract of Beef). The one **cartoon** depicts two fashionably-dressed women in conversation titled "TAKING A MEAN ADVANTAGE." The dialogue concerns Mr. Pinhead proposing to one woman at an ice-cream saloon, then claiming he'd "do all that marrying" if he had another plate—a joke about male fickleness and gluttony overriding romantic commitment. The page's bulk reflects *The Wasp*'s business model: advertising revenue subsidized satirical content elsewhere in the magazine.