The Wasp — 1878 — page 92: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains satirical commentary and a poem titled "Balm" rather than a political cartoon. The text discusses various social issues of the period: temperance advocacy, criticism of "cheap claptraps" parks, debates over public education funding, women's expanding legal rights, church involvement in social issues, and labor disputes. Notably, there's commentary on Chinese laundry workers competing for white women's business—reflecting period anxieties about immigrant labor and economic competition. The piece mocks what it calls "chimierical evangelist" rhetoric about poverty relief. The illustrated vignette at top-left appears decorative rather than specifically satirical. Overall, this is editorial commentary on contemporary San Francisco social and political debates rather than focused political cartooning.