The Wasp — 1888 — page 173: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **text content rather than cartoons**—it contains editorial commentary, a travel narrative about San Francisco hospitality, and several humorous anecdotes and advice columns. The main satirical pieces include: 1. **"Difference of Opinion"** - A domestic comedy sketch mocking marital disputes over mundane matters like shaving and housekeeping. 2. **"Asparagus Culture"** - Appears to satirize agricultural pretension, likely mocking farmers or cultivators of asparagus as insufficiently sophisticated. The editorial opening criticizes **California's hospitality virtue** and discusses press freedom, comparing punishment of innocents to mob justice. The page demonstrates The Wasp's approach: **witty social satire through prose rather than visual caricature**, targeting domestic life, agricultural culture, and civic matters of 1880s San Francisco.