The Wasp — 1889 — page 230: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is predominantly **advertising**, not editorial content or political satire. It features hotel and business advertisements for the Pacific Coast and Eastern regions, along with ads for services like "Tansy Pills" (a patent medicine), banking, and an asylum. The only cartoon visible is a **small illustration in the upper left** depicting what appears to be a caricatured figure examining or holding something—possibly related to L.A. Berteling's optical business advertised below it. The drawing style suggests satirical intent, but without clearer context or accompanying text, the specific political or social commentary is unclear from this image alone. The rest of the page consists of classified hotel listings and commercial advertisements typical of late 19th-century publications.