The Wasp — 1888 — page 23: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. The left side features a poem titled "BEER AND ITS RESULTS" describing a drunk man's nighttime experience—a morality tale about alcohol's negative effects. The bulk of the page consists of commercial advertisements for San Francisco-area hotels, boarding houses, and the wholesale grocery firm DeWitt & Harris. Notable establishments advertised include the Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica and the Ebbitt Hotel in Washington D.C. There are no identifiable political cartoons, caricatures, or satire on this page. The "WEAK MEN" patent medicine advertisement appears to be standard period marketing rather than satirical commentary.