The Wasp — 1891 — page 51: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

**Portrait Section:** C.H. Grosvenor, a Member of Congress from Ohio, is interviewed about pressing political issues including the "race question" in the Southern States, Senate election reform, tariffs, silver coinage policy, and potential Canadian annexation. **"Some San Francisco Yachtsmen" Cartoon:** The main illustration satirizes wealthy San Francisco yacht club members. The caricatured figure represents a stereotypical rich yachtsman—vain, pretentious, and incompetent. The text mocks his affected nautical vocabulary, his ostentatious blue uniform, and his fundamental lack of sailing ability despite his club membership. The satire targets the gap between wealthy dilettantes' self-image and their actual competence, a common target of *The Wasp*'s social criticism.