The Wasp — 1895 — page 338: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains several short stories and advertisements rather than political cartoons. The main satirical content includes: **"Over Sunset Wires"** - A humorous dialogue about inflated telephone charges in San Francisco, mocking the Sunset Telephone Company's expensive rates ($.50 per minute). **"A Half Tone from the Street"** - A romantic poem about encounters at a city fountain. **"His Sorry Load"** and **"The Woes of the Unwedded"** - Sentimental stories about relationship troubles and social hardship. The page also contains period advertisements for Ruinart Champagne, insurance companies, and Mont-Rouge Wines, reflecting early 1900s San Francisco commerce. The satirical humor targets corporate greed (telephone rates) and sentimental Victorian social anxieties rather than specific political figures.