The Wasp — 1895 — page 23: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising** with one small cartoon. The main advertisement features two fashionably dressed women in 1890s-style clothing with the caption "AND HER NAME DIDN'T GET IN THE 'CHRONICLE.'" The accompanying dialogue suggests satirical commentary on San Francisco society: a woman asks why another woman ("Miss Presidio Hyte") wasn't mentioned in the Chronicle newspaper after attending a Cotillion, while the Presidio woman responds that the druggist didn't send up complexion powders—implying her appearance was improved artificially, making her unrecognizable to the newspaper's society reporters. The cartoon mocks vanity and San Francisco's gossip-focused high society pages. The rest of the page contains various local business advertisements for liquor, medicine, clothing, and other goods.