The Wasp — 1895 — page 1061: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **theater review and entertainment coverage**, not political satire. It discusses Christmas-week performances at San Francisco theaters (Morocco's Grand Opera House, the Alcazar, Columbia, Baldwin). The photographs show **performers in their stage roles**: Fanny Rice in costume, Alice Johnson (noted as "Too high class for the Orpheum"), and Gertrude Bulridge. The text reviews various holiday productions, including "A Round the World in Eighty Days," "For Revenue Only," and "The Great Black Crook," describing plots, casts, and special effects. One humorous note: Alice Johnson's biography mentions she "ripped somewhere and on making his exit had himself carefully examined. Nothing wrong was found"—apparently a joke about her skirt malfunction. This is **entertainment journalism** aimed at readers planning holiday theater-going.