The Wasp — 1895 — page 755: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising** for San Francisco businesses (banks, breweries, patent flour, medical services), with one small editorial cartoon titled "Slightly at Variance." The cartoon depicts two working-class men in dispute over a woman named Miss Scudds. The caption reads: "She spices his marriage to Miss Scudds has he been living at the old mouse's house. Since all the old lady's the only one dead!" This appears to be a **domestic/romantic satire** mocking working-class marital complications—likely suggesting confusion or scandal around a woman's living arrangements and relationships. The "old mouse" reference is unclear but may be period slang. The joke's specifics depend on contemporary social context about boarding arrangements and courtship norms among San Francisco's laboring classes that modern readers would need additional context to fully understand.