The Wasp — 1879 — page 642: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains primarily text content—editorials, definitions, and short satirical commentary—rather than illustrated cartoons. The single illustration shows a goat labeled "Expira—charcoal," likely a visual pun. The editorial "Iron-Clad Perfidy" criticizes British and American foreign policy regarding Cuba and Irish independence, attacking what the author sees as hypocrisy in nations claiming to champion liberty while suppressing colonial populations. The "Regulation Scale of H. C." section offers cynical definitions of words and phrases, mocking social hypocrisy—"Evil—when the apple sickened her," "Freedom—the cupola of any building belonging to the public." A final note celebrates a girl who could stick 10,000 pins daily, now earning 800,000-1,000,000 pins weekly—celebrating industrial labor exploitation as achievement.