The Wasp — 1890 — page 112: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains editorial commentary and one illustration labeled "One of the Girls," showing three women and a man in period dress. The cartoon appears to satirize women's social pretensions or behavior, with the caption referencing "Old Impatience" and suggesting discord at "the old party." The text discusses the Women's Educational and Industrial Union's proposal to hire female chaperones for entertainments, critiquing the arrangement as discriminatory and impractical. Editorial commentary also addresses opera ticket pricing in San Francisco, criticizing expensive season tickets while noting working couples' financial struggles. The page reflects late 19th/early 20th-century debates about women's employment, respectability, and economic participation in urban American society.