The Wasp — 1889 — page 78: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains several short satirical pieces and poems rather than visual cartoons. The main sections include: 1. **"Another White-Cap Outrage"** – Satirizes vigilante violence, apparently referencing "White Caps" (groups that conducted extrajudicial punishment). The dialogue mocks both the perpetrators and victims. 2. **"Converted"** – A brief joke about a man converting from a muzzle-loader to breech-loader rifle, then to drinking and "packing a flask"—satirizing inconsistent moral conversion. 3. **"Waking Up a Chicago Man"** – Comic dialogue between a New York man and Chicago man about Chicago's size and deadliness. 4. **Additional columns** cover topics like defective meters, divorce court, and a "painful building." The satire targets contemporary social issues: vigilantism, urban violence, hypocrisy, and marital troubles. No specific political figures are caricatured on this page.