The Wasp — 1894 — page 50: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a text editorial page with one prominent political cartoon in the upper left. The illustration depicts a figure in formal dress (top hat, suit) labeled "WASP," characterized as a muckraking publication. The cartoon suggests *The Wasp*'s self-image as a sharp, stinging instrument of social criticism—appropriate to the magazine's satirical mission. The page's editorials target various scandals and incompetence: Treasury Department agents neglecting duty, newspaper suppression of exposés (the "Chinaman West scandal"), dangerous pianos spreading disease, and accusations against public figures including Inspector Millard Johnson and Patrick Collins. The tone is consistently accusatory toward government inefficiency and corruption.