The Wasp — 1892 — page 432: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content**, not satire or political commentary. The text describes three California resort hotels: 1. **The Tavern** - a healing spa in the Sac­ramento area near "Castle Peak" 2. **El Paso de Robles** - a mineral sanitarium in San Luis Obispo County 3. **Hotel Ramona** - a resort in San Luis Obispo County The content emphasizes each hotel's therapeutic mineral springs, architectural features, and amenities. This represents typical late 19th-century "wellness tourism" marketing, targeting wealthy visitors seeking health cures through natural hot springs and mountain air. **No political cartoons or satire appear on this page.** The Wasp was a satirical magazine, but this particular page serves as a straightforward advertising supplement promoting California's resort destinations and their purported medicinal properties.