The Wasp — 1878 — page 398: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The page contains primarily **text-based satirical articles** rather than visual cartoons. The small illustration at top left appears to show a wasp attacking figures, likely The Wasp magazine's signature motif. The visible articles mock various targets: 1. **"Responsive Chords"** - satirizes someone (possibly a politician or public figure) involved with the Wade's Opera House and silver mining operations, ridiculing their pretensions. 2. **"Not to be Deceived"** - lampoons a citizen attempting to sell strawberries on a Montgomery Avenue streetcar, with satirical dialogue about whether his suspicious "strawberries" are actually dangerous items. The satire appears directed at **San Francisco business figures and everyday commercial fraud**, using humor to expose dishonesty and pretension in urban commerce.