The Wasp — 1888 — page 413: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **text-based editorial content**, not a political cartoon. The main article "AN IDYL OF DECORATION DAY" is a narrative story about John Newhall's rural ride on Decoration Day (now Memorial Day), encountering various characters and situations in California countryside. The piece satirizes rural life, small-town society, and social pretensions of the era. References include critiques of Chinese laborers, railroad company practices, and a subplot mocking a schoolgirl's recitation of Shakespeare ("East Lynne"). The masthead identifies this as volume 21 of The Wasp, published in San Francisco. The page includes subscription rates and advertising information typical of 1880s magazines. No specific political figures are caricatured on this particular page.