The Wasp — 1894 — page 87: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* (a San Francisco satirical magazine) is primarily **advertising and business directory**, not political satire. The left side contains three brief humor pieces: 1. **"How the Cards Come True"** — A fortune teller makes vague predictions to a client, satirizing fortune-telling as a con. 2. **"Cleared on Technicalities"** — Legal wordplay jokes about defendants escaping charges through loopholes (references to "hen-house currences" and chickens). 3. **"Favored His Mother"** — A brief domestic humor piece. The rest is a classified directory of San Francisco businesses (breweries, furniture makers, undertakers, etc.) and an advertisement for "Ely's Cream Balm for Catarrh." The page reflects late 19th/early 20th-century urban commerce rather than substantive political commentary.