The Wasp — 1890 — page 248: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

**Top Illustration:** Sketches from the Choynaski-Wilson boxing match at the Golden Gate Athletic Club (March 26th). The drawings capture action poses—fighters in combat stance, one airborne, one fallen—documenting this bare-knuckle or early boxing event through quick observational drawings. **"Photographia" Comic Section:** A humorous anecdote about a Chicago shopkeeper repeatedly called "Miss" by a clerk, prompting debate over proper female titles. The joke satirizes excessive formality and the clerk's indiscriminate use of "Madam" for all female customers—a commentary on emerging standards of commercial politeness in retail spaces. **Editorial Content:** Articles advocate for California expositions, improved San Francisco infrastructure, and critique proposed labor laws affecting Sunday leisure for working-class families.