The Wasp — 1896 — page 905: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It features business advertisements for San Francisco financial institutions, merchants, and services (banks, shipping companies, printing firms, etc.) arranged around the page margins. The center contains three separate **comic scenes** with captions titled: - "Things Are Always What They Seem" (courtroom scene) - "Er—thank you! Silence! I will not have this court turned into a place of amusement" (judge with disruptive witnesses) - "A Friendly Rebuke" and another scene showing social interactions These appear to be generic humorous vignettes about courtroom decorum and social etiquette, rather than political satire. Without identifying specific historical figures or events, they depict everyday Victorian-era social situations meant to amuse readers through exaggerated illustrations and ironic captions.