Puck — July 4, 1877 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical comic strip follows a moral cautionary tale. The sequence depicts a man's progressive downfall through indulgence and vice. He begins drinking alone at a table ("It is rather scanty fare"), progresses to debauchery ("there is something—"), and eventually finds himself abandoned and destitute ("And nobody is looking"). The narrative arc shows social decay—from respectable consumption to desperation, culminating in poverty and what appears to be begging or death ("Help, o I die! It is I who ate them!"). The strip's moralistic title and sequential storytelling format exemplify late-19th/early-20th century Puck's social satire: depicting the consequences of sin and excess as a cautionary lesson for readers. The specific vice referenced remains somewhat ambiguous from the OCR text provided.