The Wasp — 1878 — page 80: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents a seven-panel satirical comic strip organized by days of the week (Monday through Sunday). The strip appears to depict the misadventures of a temperance advocate or prohibitionist character shown across the week. The narrative seems to mock someone promoting temperance or abstinence from alcohol. Each day shows the character in different scenarios—appearing to preach virtue while simultaneously being undermined by circumstances involving drinking, debauchery, or hypocrisy. The central panel emphasizes "BLUE RIBBON" and "TEMPERANCE," suggesting the target is a temperance crusader exposed as a fraud. This reflects late-19th-century American satirical humor mocking temperance movements and their advocates, portraying them as hypocritical or ineffectual.