The Wasp — 1890 — page 273: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* contains financial and real estate news ("Other Peoples' Money") with accompanying satirical illustrations. The cartoons appear to depict various working-class and poor figures in compromised situations—"Bricks falling," "Wool—Fall slip, drooping," and "Game lively"—likely representing economic precarity and mishaps befalling ordinary people. The text discusses San Francisco property sales, railroad investments, and insurance companies. A section titled "A War Measure" discusses Congressional proposals for a canal near Niagara Falls as a potential wartime strategic asset. The satire appears to mock how the wealthy profit from real estate and infrastructure while ordinary citizens face literal and financial dangers. The illustrations emphasize this class divide through exaggerated, vulnerable depictions of working people.