The Wasp — 1893 — page 361: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains gossip columns and satirical commentary on San Francisco society scandals, rather than traditional political cartoons. The main topics include: 1. **A secret meeting between the Countess de Hermon and John Bradbury** at Los Angeles—satirizing alleged impropriety among the wealthy. 2. **A doctor's dismissal from the California Volunteers**—mocking his unfitness for military service despite claiming combat experience. 3. **An injured husband's lawsuit**—ridiculing a domestic shooting incident where a wife allegedly shot her husband, with satirical commentary on their marital dispute and the lawsuit's absurd details. The illustrations show fashionable figures in comedic poses, typical of *The Wasp's* style of mocking San Francisco's upper-class scandals and social pretensions through both text and caricature.