The Wasp — 1893 — page 473: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily a **directory of San Francisco business advertisements** for leather goods, breweries, carpenters, furniture makers, and other trades—not a satirical cartoon page. However, the page includes four **short poems or satirical verses**: 1. **"Marriage is a Failure"** — critiques marriage as economically and emotionally exploitative to women 2. **"Justifiable"** — about a man acquitted of murder despite admitted evidence 3. **"He Had Evidence"** — suggests a man was acquitted despite witnesses to his crime 4. **"His Tribute"** and **"In Florida"** — brief poetic pieces The satirical content appears to target **judicial injustice** and **gender inequality in marriage**, reflecting late 19th-century social commentary typical of *The Wasp*'s reformist stance.