The Wasp — 1892 — page 62: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a portrait of **Count Von Moltke**, identified as "the greatest military strategist of modern times" and a figure "familiar to all and so interwoven with the history of the nineteenth century." The accompanying text celebrates his military career and remarks on his death, positioning him as "one of the most remarkable men of the age." Below this is a humorous anecdote titled "HE WAS A HUSTLER," depicting an encounter between a young bootblack and a streetcar conductor in San Francisco. The story satirizes American entrepreneurial energy: the bootblack aggressively pursues business, ultimately hustling a conductor for fare money through persistent salesmanship and charm—a commentary on American commercial ambition and street-level hustle culture.