The Wasp — 1895 — page 377: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and business directory content** for San Francisco, with one small cartoon titled "The Reason" at the top center. The cartoon depicts two well-dressed men, with caption text indicating a domestic dispute: one man (apparently named Chapple) appears "gloomy," and his friend questions why. The revealed "reason" involves a marital conflict—the wife has thrown the husband's belongings out, and a phrenologist (skull-reading practitioner) humorously suggests the husband lacks "brains." The joke relies on period-appropriate satirical humor: mocking both phrenology (a pseudo-scientific practice popular then) and marital discord. The specific identities of "Chapple" and other named characters remain unclear without additional context about *The Wasp*'s regular features or contemporary San Francisco figures.