The Wasp — 1892 — page 179: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* contains a "Do You Know?" gossip column with satirical illustrations rather than formal political cartoons. The section mocks local San Francisco figures and institutions through brief, snide observations. Key targets include: - **Ross-Jackson and Duncan MacRae**: boxing/sporting figures criticized for their drinking - **Justice Charlie Low**: awaiting a Superior Judge appointment - **Various local personalities**: lawyers, agents, and journalists ridiculed for vanity or incompetence - **Col. J.P. Jackson**: depicted as obsessed with finding youth - **General San Francisco society**: tramps, unemployed people, and newsboys critiqued The cartoons illustrate these gossip items with caricatures emphasizing physical traits. This represents typical late-19th-century American satirical journalism: localized social mockery targeting recognizable community figures through humor and ridicule.