The Wasp — 1895 — page 212: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and announcements** for San Francisco theaters (Tivoli Opera House, Baldwin Theatre, Alcazar Theatre, etc.), with minimal satirical content. The main editorial piece, "The Playgoing Hat," is a **humorous poem** mocking theater audiences and social pretension. It satirizes an absurdly tall, decorative hat worn by a woman at the theater that obstructed others' views—a common complaint in Victorian-era theater culture. The poem uses this hat as a vehicle to critique class affectation and inconsiderate behavior among the fashionable set. The surrounding text includes theater reviews and social commentary typical of *The Wasp*'s satirical approach, but this particular page emphasizes entertainment listings over political cartoons or caricatures.