The Wasp — 1895 — page 791: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page mixes literary content with journalism profiles and advertising. The left side features a poem "Won by a Voice" and a theatrical piece "At the Revival" about a deacon and cowboy—likely satirizing sentimental melodrama popular at the time. The right side profiles "Mr. C. M. Coe," identified as a newspaper man and newly elected President of San Francisco's Press Club. The accompanying photograph shows him as a respected journalist. Below is commentary on Armenian and Irish political issues in America, discussing how newspapers covered these international causes, and debate over "home rule" and Finnerty's activism. The bottom advertises Ruinart champagne and excursion steamers to Stockton. There's no overtly political cartoon visible—the satire appears embedded in the theatrical poem rather than in visual caricature.