The Wasp — 1876 — page 29: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three articles with no visible cartoons or illustrations. The content includes: 1. **"The Mummy and the Harp"** — a poem 2. **"Bumming, a Science"** — an article describing San Francisco's vagrant population and beggar culture, satirizing professional beggars and "bummers" who exploit the city's charitable impulses 3. **"Squeezing the Poor Man"** — an article criticizing Republican corruption, specifically targeting officials who extort money from the poor under pretense of authority 4. **"Where Will It Stop?"** — commentary on San Francisco hoodlumism and street violence The satire focuses on social problems: street vagrancy, police corruption, and urban crime in post-Civil War San Francisco. The Republican party receives criticism for exploiting vulnerable populations.