The Wasp — 1893 — page 472: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains **no political cartoon**. Instead, it features a decorative illustration of a hand holding playing cards fanned out with "THE WASP" text, alongside magazine reviews and personal advice columns. The content includes critiques of contemporary publications (*The Cosmopolitan*, *Harper's*, *The North American Review*), character sketches mocking various social types (an affected writer named "Cleopatra," a weak barber named "Totem," a pretentious snob named "Alcieus"), and humorous anecdotes about San Francisco life—including a woman balloonist, physicians electing society officers, and tourists struggling with local directions. The advice and satire target personality flaws and social pretension rather than political figures or events.