The Wasp — 1896 — page 944: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* (a San Francisco satirical weekly) features a cartoon titled "Tabitha Twiggs Puzzled." The illustration shows a woman in Victorian dress observing two men in athletic/football uniforms, puzzled by young women's enthusiasm for football games. The caption quotes a complaint: women screaming at football matches and worshipping "great bulking professors" contradicts claims about "varsity teams" representing honorable institutions. The satire targets gender expectations and hypocrisy—mocking both the athletic obsession of young women and the pretentious claims about collegiate sports' moral virtue. A sidebar advertises "Frisco Politics" content by Lawrence Malinowsky. The cartoon relies on period attitudes about women's "proper" behavior while ironically critiquing the masculine-centered sport culture being promoted.