The Wasp — 1895 — page 321: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. The main visual elements are: - An illustration for "Old Maid's Diary" (a serialized story) - A poem titled "The Girl Who Sat Before Me" by Dick Tableton, with accompanying illustration of a woman in period dress The text includes miscellaneous brief items ("Pungent Paragraphs") offering social commentary—observations about summer travel, church deacons, and social customs—rather than targeted political satire. The dominant feature is a large advertisement for the **California Photo-Engraving Co.**, offering commercial engraving services for businesses and newspapers. This page demonstrates how *The Wasp* mixed light entertainment, serialized fiction, and commercial advertising rather than focusing on sharp political cartooning.