The Wasp — 1895 — page 766: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains **multiple satirical pieces** rather than a single cartoon: 1. **"Converts of the Wheel"** features a photograph of a man on a bicycle with accompanying verse mocking his cycling attempts, suggesting he's struggling or appearing ridiculous while riding. 2. **"Beauty vs. Hustle"** is a poem contrasting a wealthy, elegant woman with a working-class "red-haired female" who hustles for income—satirizing class divisions and women's economic disparities. 3. **"Justifiable Homicide"** appears to mock a newspaper editor's pretentious language. 4. The lower illustration titled **"Put Him to the Test"** shows a fashionable woman, likely satirizing wealthy or vain society figures. The overall tone targets class pretension, bicycle fad culture, women's labor inequities, and social affectation common to 1890s San Francisco satire.