The Wasp — 1893 — page 301: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The page contains several satirical pieces rather than a prominent political cartoon. The main visual is "Under the Caucium," a small illustration depicting what appears to be a moralistic warning about financial deception. The text pieces satirize contemporary scandals: "Cashier Flood's Defalcation" mocks a bank official's embezzlement; "The Scandal Hatcheries" ridicules sensationalist newspaper journalism and the Chronicle newspaper specifically; "The Circus Maximus" lampoons San Francisco's Olympic Club Fair and Roman Coliseum entertainment, sarcastically questioning whether scandalous rumors about the event's beautiful young women performers are accurate. The satire targets dishonesty in banking, yellow journalism, and society's gossip culture—common Progressive Era critiques of institutional corruption and sensationalism.