Puck — November 13, 1878 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Puck cartoon critiques someone identified only as "Spirit of A.T.S." (initials unclear from context). The ghostly figure, wrapped in burial shrouds and appearing among bare branches under moonlight, accuses a living person of two things: bringing their name "into ridicule" and misappropriating their money while failing to spend even a small amount to maintain their grave "from desecration." The satire targets financial impropriety and neglect—suggesting someone is profiting from or misusing a deceased person's name or estate while denying basic respect to their memory. Without additional context identifying "A.T.S.," the specific target remains uncertain, but the cartoon clearly attacks what it presents as both financial dishonesty and disrespect toward the dead.