The Wasp — 1894 — page 53: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains satirical poetry and illustrations mocking military and legal figures during wartime (likely WWI, given references to soldiers returning from war). The top cartoon caricatures **Captain Smith** wielding constitutional law as a weapon against smaller figures, labeled "CAPTAIN SMITH ENFORCES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW." This appears to satirize aggressive enforcement of laws, possibly regarding conscription or civil liberties. Below, **Lieutenant-Colonel O'Connor** sits in "Brigade Headquarters," likely ridiculing a specific military figure's command style. The poems celebrate returning soldiers with ironic "hurrahs," while "Poor Girl" mocks a wealthy woman named Kitty who lacks suitors because she's only loved "by a cop with a billy"—satirizing class pretensions and wartime social disruption. The bottom cartoon titled "THE GREATEST CURIOSITY OF ALL" depicts social figures discussing collecting curiosities, with unclear specific references to individuals named Satro and O.B.P.