The Wasp — 1893 — page 150: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a satirical cartoon titled "Can't Corner Her: The Weather Prophet and his elusive goddess." The image depicts a wizard-like figure labeled "P.T. Jenkins" (visible on his pointed hat) attempting to catch a fairy or goddess representing weather prediction. The wizard holds arrows and stands on a rooftop overlooking a cityscape, while the winged female figure evades him. The satire likely mocks a local weather forecaster or "prophet" named Jenkins whose predictions proved unreliable or impossible to pin down—hence "can't corner her." The goddess figure represents the unpredictability of weather itself. This targets the gap between meteorological claims and actual accuracy during the 1890s, when scientific weather forecasting was still developing. The joke is that weather prediction remains frustratingly elusive.