The Wasp — 1893 — page 276: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a **text-heavy editorial and gossip page**, not a cartoon page. The content consists of satirical commentary on San Francisco issues: **Key targets:** - **School Director Carew**: The editorial defends him against resignation threats, supporting his management of the public school system despite patron complaints about bribery and nepotism in hiring. - **The waltz dance**: Criticized as immoral entertainment that corrupts youth—a common Victorian-era moral panic. - **Mr. Rulofson and Mr. Harcourt**: Satirized over their book "The Dance of Death," which allegedly depicted young women as wicked creatures. The page reflects **1890s San Francisco social debates** around education corruption, Victorian morality, and artistic propriety—issues now historically distant but revealing period anxieties.