The Wasp — 1888 — page 336: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page consists primarily of **text columns with poetry and prose sketches** rather than visual cartoons. The content includes: - "It's English, Quite English, You Know" — a satirical poem mocking pretentious English affectations and speech patterns - "A True California Boy" — a dialogue satirizing a naive young man and religious hypocrisy - "How It Is Here" — social commentary on urban life and materialism - "In the East" — verse about seasonal changes The page also references **contemporary 1880s-90s social issues**: class pretension, religious corruption (preachers taking money from congregants), and urban commercialism. One note mentions a "$75 coffin" prize in a pigeon tournament, satirizing wealthy leisure pursuits. **No specific political figures or events are clearly identifiable** from this text-heavy page, though the satire targets general social hypocrisy and class affectation typical of Gilded Age criticism.