The Wasp — 1893 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and theater listings** for January 1893 San Francisco venues. The only illustration is a small satirical cartoon showing a skeletal or death-like figure in tattered clothing, accompanying two poems titled "Two Sonnets" about death and sleep. The cartoon's exact satirical target is unclear from the image alone. It appears to relate to the poem "The Tired Artist," which contemplates death as escape from suffering. The skeletal figure may represent Death personified, or possibly critique of a specific public figure, though no identifying text accompanies it. The page demonstrates *The Wasp*'s typical format: mixing literary content with San Francisco entertainment advertisements, including venues like Stockwell's Theatre and the New California Theatre.