The Wasp — 1891 — page 250: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements** with one political cartoon and a short satirical story. The main cartoon depicts "An Accounted for Noise," showing two men in an editor's office. The dialogue references Wagner and mentions "a bouncer throwing a poet down stairs"—likely satirizing artistic pretension or bohemian affectation in San Francisco's cultural scene. Below is "Unauthenticated Tales" featuring Deacon Ira P. Rankin, a satirical character sketch mocking a hypocritical religious figure who claims moral virtue while walking his dog past a young woman, then shamelessly stares at her. The story ridicules false piety and male hypocrisy. The bulk of the page consists of San Francisco business advertisements (typewriters, tailors, furniture, boot makers, pianos), typical of period magazines' revenue model.