The Wasp — 1877 — page 251: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three separate opinion articles with no visible cartoons or illustrations. **Content Summary:** The articles address: (1) fortune-telling and spirit mediumship fraud in San Francisco; (2) a defense of Mayor Bryant's police actions against "hoodlums" (street gangs/toughs); and (3) standards of ladylike behavior and deportment for women. **Historical Context:** The pieces reflect 1870s San Francisco concerns: widespread spiritualist fraud targeting credulous citizens; ongoing conflicts between police and violent street gangs; and Victorian anxieties about proper feminine conduct and respectability. The Captain Woods article references the *Chronicle* newspaper's report on Industrial School matters, suggesting local journalistic disputes. This is primarily text-based editorial commentary rather than satirical cartooning.