The Wasp — 1895 — page 595: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains literary content and social commentary rather than political cartoons. The main illustrated feature is a portrait of "Hugh Hume," identified as a talented young editor and proprietor of the *Evening Post of San Francisco*. The accompanying text praises him as a promising journalist of Scottish-American background. The page also includes humorous literary pieces: "At Last" (a romantic poem with illustration), "In Bohemia To-Night" (social satire about a bohemian club's evening featuring witty dialogue), and "Theory and Practice" (a poem about emancipated women). There's also a brief satirical sketch titled "A Passport Problem" mocking bureaucratic absurdity. The overall tone targets California's cultural and literary pretensions through gentle mockery of bohemian society and journalistic self-importance.