The Wasp — 1892 — page 115: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two distinct sections: a story titled "Baldy Johnson's Wife" (left column) and an illustration captioned "The Bugle Call" (center). The illustration depicts a mounted cavalry soldier sounding a bugle. Based on the surrounding text about the Monterey region, California, and references to "the Second Artillery Regiment of the National Guard of California," this appears to satirize military operations or national guard activities in early 20th-century California. The accompanying story involves theatrical characters and working-class figures in a mining camp setting, discussing Othello and romantic entanglements. The satire targets moral hypocrisy and social pretension among performers and laborers. Without clearer historical context about The Wasp's publication date and specific events referenced, the precise political targets remain unclear, though both sections mock human folly and class dynamics.