The Wasp — 1891 — page 514: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements** for San Francisco businesses (ink stands, tailors, furniture storage, boot makers, pianos, etc.), typical of late 19th-century magazine back matter. The only editorial content is a **cartoon titled "Improving All Around"** and a column titled "Bits of Wisdom and Chunks of Wickedness." The cartoon shows two well-dressed men conversing with a small child—likely satirizing pretentious social improvement or self-aggrandizement. The dialogue (partially visible) involves someone named Kelliher claiming improvement through associating with "saints," which the other figure questions skeptically. The humor appears to mock false claims of moral or social betterment through superficial means. The exact social target remains unclear without fuller context.