The Wasp — 1895 — page 702: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and directory listings** for San Francisco hotels, restaurants, and businesses (circa 1890s based on the Warren White Sulphur Springs resort mention). The only cartoon is titled **"Where is the Missionary?"** and depicts a figure being consumed or attacked by what appears to be a large creature or cannibal. This references a common Victorian-era satirical trope: the "missionary consumed by savages" scenario that played on period anxieties about colonialism and foreign missions. The joke likely critiques either: - Missionaries themselves (hypocrisy, dangerous naiveté) - Colonial attitudes toward indigenous peoples - The inherent dangers of missionary work Without clearer context about which specific missionary scandal or event this references, the exact satirical target remains somewhat unclear.