The Wasp — 1879 — page 334: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains an "Answers to Correspondents" advice column rather than political cartoons. The decorative header shows "ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS" with illustrated figures. The column addresses various reader questions, including discussions about: - Hair restoration products ("bald barley") - Railroad company credentials - A "German Working-man" club's concerns about false letters being published under members' names without permission **The satire's point**: The German Club W.P.C. complains that forged letters bearing their members' names are appearing in print, damaging their reputation. The Wasp suggests these false communications were likely designed to make the club "appear to be liars"—satirizing how public organizations could be discredited through fraudulent correspondence published in newspapers, a common controversy of this era.