The Wasp — 1892 — page 240: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains multiple short satirical items about San Francisco Bay Area politics and society. The cartoon "Col. Bee in Regalia" mocks Colonel Dan Burns, who apparently attempted to secure delegates for the South at a state committee meeting—suggesting political maneuvering or hypocrisy. The "Do You Know?" section discusses Seneca Swain's release from state prison and credits a powerful politician (rather than money) for his influence—satirizing political corruption and favoritism. Other items mock the Bohemian Club's claim to have "no Bohemian element" (ninety-nine of one hundred members being respectable professionals), and criticize massage parlors and their dubious health claims being advertised in newspapers. The satire targets political cronyism, elite hypocrisy, and fraudulent medical advertising of the era.