The Wasp — 1895 — page 227: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising** for San Francisco businesses (bicycles, baths, breweries, laundries, breakfast cereals, flour), with one political cartoon. The central cartoon depicts an older man seated with a young child, titled "HIS SERVICES." The OCR'd accompanying text references "grandfather," a "Member of Congress," and mentions Catarrhh remedies. The cartoon likely satirizes a **politician's actual service record** — suggesting a congressman was useful primarily in the distant past (represented by the grandfather figure) and is now of limited value to constituents, or conversely, that his current role serves mainly to benefit special interests like patent medicine manufacturers. Without identifying the specific congressman or historical context, the satire appears to mock political incumbency and corruption through generational contrast.