The Wasp — 1895 — page 67: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial notices for San Francisco businesses from what appears to be the late 1800s or early 1900s, including bicycle shops, dry goods stores, bathhouses, and food products. The only illustration is a **generic decorative figure** labeled "Indefinite" showing two fashionably-dressed people (appearing to be a man and woman) in period clothing. The accompanying text poses a riddle: "What is his profession?" with the answer being that he "looks like an artist" who "makes capital letters that begin the magazine articles." This is mild workplace humor rather than political satire—poking fun at magazine illustrators and their ambiguous professional status. The illustration serves primarily as decorative filler between advertisements.