The Wasp — 1890 — page 221: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political cartoons. The main advertisements promote patent medicines (Pond's Extract for piles/hemorrhoids, Liebig's Extract of Meat) and entertainment (Alcazar Theater, Panorama Battle of Gettysburg Museum). The editorial sections include humor columns about Washington social life and a satirical piece "Desecrating the Sabbath" depicting a club conversation where characters Jack Potts and Bob Flush discuss irreverent behavior. The health advice column "How's Your Liver?" promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as a cure-all. Overall, the page reflects late 19th-century magazine content: medical product promotion mixed with light social satire, typical of The Wasp's format as a San Francisco satirical weekly.