The Wasp — 1894 — page 160: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains satirical sketches and social commentary rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: **"The Old Maid's Diary"** - A humorous illustrated column about San Francisco's unmarried women, particularly "Janice" widows who pursue younger men for companionship and marriage prospects. **"The Boy About the Place"** - A lengthy poem mocking domestic servants and working-class boys, cataloging their various annoying habits and incompetence. **Social satire sections** like "Was Up in Slang," "Holtz as a Bruiser," and anecdotes about local figures (Schneider, Workham, etc.) that mock their behavior and pretensions. The page concludes with an advertisement for R. Hall's Pulmonary Balsam. The satire targets working and lower-middle-class San Francisco society, mocking gender roles, domestic servants, and social pretension of the era.