The Wasp — 1895 — page 799: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and business directory content**, not satirical cartooning. The decorative header reading "POINTERS" features ornamental lettering with what appears to be a stylized insect or wasp design, befitting the magazine's branding. The bulk of the page contains short commercial notices and classified advertisements for San Francisco businesses—dentists, laundries, rubber companies, fire extinguishers, and shipping merchants. These are interspersed with brief aphoristic "pointers" offering social commentary or practical advice (e.g., about photographers, lawyers, work ethic). The final advertisements for established companies like Goodyear Rubber Co. and Gray Bros. suggest this represents the magazine's revenue-generating content rather than its satirical editorial material. No clear political cartoon or identifiable caricature is visible.