The Wasp — 1893 — page 72: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains primarily **text-based satirical articles** rather than visual cartoons. Key targets include: 1. **Attorney Horace Platt** — mocked for his affected mannerisms and pretentious speech ("it is—or it isn't") 2. **Chicago women's feet** — satirized as unusually large, blamed on tramping through cornfields; the author suggests this is hereditary and jokes about their "spicy feet" 3. **School Director Rosewald** — criticized as a listener to "stray music" who became engaged to marry a sailor's relative 4. **Various social commentary** — including jabs at the Mercantile Library's membership drive and mockery of affected pronunciation ("Ko-ti-lion") The humor relies on **personal ridicule**, **physical appearance jokes**, and **class/social pretension mockery** — typical of 1890s satirical journalism targeting San Francisco's prominent citizens and social institutions.