The Wasp — 1889 — page 248: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than satirical cartoons. The left side features an advertisement for L.A. Berteling, a "Scientific Optician" and patent inventor, with an illustration of a wasp wearing or adjusting spectacles—a visual pun connecting to *The Wasp* magazine's name. The bulk of the page contains hotel advertisements for California locations (San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, etc.) and other businesses like the First National Bank of Stockton and The Pacific Asylum. There is one notable business advertisement: "The Ebritt" establishment advertising "Army and Navy Headquarters" at rates of $2-$4 per day, suggesting a boarding house catering to military personnel. **No significant political or social satire is evident on this page.** It appears to be a typical late 19th-century magazine page mixing ads with minimal editorial content.