The Wasp — 1892 — page 244: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features a section titled "Odds and Ends," a miscellaneous collection of short anecdotes and social commentary rather than a political cartoon. The sketch at top shows what appears to be a funeral scene, illustrating the accompanying story about San Francisco undertakers and "hoodoo funerals." The text discusses prominent San Francisco families' genealogy, including references to William Smith Thomas and descendants of Declaration of Independence signers. It includes anecdotes about temperance meetings, drinking culture, and working-class life in San Francisco—seemingly mocking both elite pretensions and lower-class vices. The content targets social hypocrisy, particularly around alcohol prohibition and morality, common satirical themes in 1880s-90s American humor magazines. The page reads as social satire rather than focused political commentary.