The Wasp — 1889 — page 236: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains short humorous sketches and poems rather than political cartoons. The content includes: **"An Idyl of the Sheep Ranch"** — A pastoral poem about shepherds and their flock, seemingly gentle rural humor. **"Believers in Prayer"** and **"A Wife's Solicitude"** — Brief dialogues mocking religious faith and marriage, typical of *The Wasp*'s irreverent tone toward institutions. **Various short pieces** titled "How It Was," "At 2 A.M.," "About Pigs," "Dickens and the Clergyman" — These appear to be satirical anecdotes and social commentary, including jabs at clergy and literary figures. The page emphasizes *The Wasp*'s satirical mission through witty, irreverent short-form writing rather than visual cartoons. The humor targets conventional morality, religious hypocrisy, and social pretension common to 19th-century American satirical publications.