The Wasp — 1892 — page 388: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and literary content**, not political satire. It contains: 1. **"A Concealed Terror"** — a short story about a young poet whose work is praised, but the editor notes he "flutters" over missing acrostic poems (reading the first letters downward spells hidden messages). The "terror" involves cryptic communication. 2. **"The Rounder"** — poetry by Angelina Kilpatrick McKee about Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, with no apparent satirical intent. 3. **Multiple resort and product advertisements** (Napa Soda Springs, Gold Dust Washing Powder, Highland Springs, etc.) 4. **A brief joke** called "Something Worse Yet" about ministers discussing money. The page lacks the political cartoons or social satire one might expect from *The Wasp*, functioning instead as a standard magazine miscellany of fiction, poetry, and advertisements.