The Wasp — 1894 — page 43: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices** from San Francisco, June 1894, with one satirical cartoon titled "The Last Chance." The cartoon depicts two men in conversation—labeled "First Foreign Nobleman" and "Second Foreign Nobleman"—discussing romantic prospects. The joke appears to satirize wealthy European aristocrats seeking American heiresses for financial reasons. One nobleman laments losing a romantic opportunity, while the other suggests he "try a remnant sale!"—a crude joke implying remaining unmarried women are like discounted goods. The satire targets the era's common practice of European nobility marrying American wealthy women, mocking both the transactional nature of such unions and the desperation of impoverished foreign aristocrats. The "last chance" reference emphasizes the dwindling pool of available wealthy brides.