The Wasp — 1895 — page 247: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising** with minimal satirical content. The main illustrations are commercial ads rather than political cartoons. The two small captioned sketches present social humor: 1. **"Those Fashion-Plate Poses"** mocks women's constrained fashion, showing a woman in an elaborate dress struggling with her restrictive clothing and posture while reading fashion magazines—satirizing the impracticality of contemporary women's fashion. 2. **"A Sure Sign"** jokes about domestic life, depicting a woman constantly saying "God bless our home," suggesting this repeated phrase signals marital discord or household problems—a commentary on Victorian domesticity. 3. **"The Chinese Run"** appears to reference Chinese laundry services, a common San Francisco business of the era. The rest of the page consists of local San Francisco business advertisements for breweries, bathhouses, laundries, and other services.