The Wasp — 1895 — page 87: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than political satire or comics. It contains numerous San Francisco business advertisements from the late 19th or early 20th century, including cycle shops, dry goods stores, breweries, bathhouses, and laundries. The one editorial cartoon visible depicts a social scene labeled "PRACTICAL" with accompanying humorous verses about drinking and socializing. The accompanying poems ("Indirect Happiness," "Superstitious") appear to be lighthearted observations on everyday behavior rather than political commentary. The page represents *The Wasp's* format as a satirical magazine that mixed advertising revenue with social humor and verse, reflecting period San Francisco commercial life and genteel social commentary.