The Wasp — 1894 — page 455: what you’re looking at

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This page contains several satirical sections. The main narrative "Round and About" discusses Prince Andre Louls Lescarb's New York magazine venture and a sheriff's office rental dispute—likely mocking failed aristocratic business schemes common in Gilded Age America. The left illustration depicts what appears to be a working-class man in dialogue, possibly satirizing labor disputes or class conflict of the era. The right section features two illustrated vignettes about society women and their concerns—one about a racing wheel, another about resemblance between socialites. These mock upper-class women's vanity and trivial preoccupations. Additional text discusses Denver football teams and sporting clubs, suggesting local California/Denver society gossip and rivalry. The overall tone is irreverent mockery of both wealthy pretenders and social elites' petty concerns.