The Wasp — 1888 — page 32: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three distinct sections: 1. **"Our Pictures"** — A lengthy essay praising California's climate and natural resources, contrasting it favorably with Eastern states. It advocates for settling in California, particularly Southern California and Fort Yuma. 2. **"Why Those Tears?"** — A sentimental poem with accompanying illustration showing a well-dressed woman at a dining table, apparently distressed. The narrative explains she forgot her trumpet and missed hearing it played at lunch—a gentle satire of upper-class women's frivolous concerns. 3. **"A Lucky Man"** — A brief news item about William Leslie winning a $5,000 Louisiana lottery prize and receiving good fortune. The page functions primarily as promotional content for California settlement, with lighter satirical commentary on wealthy women's preoccupations.