The Wasp — 1887 — page 127: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* (August 13, 1887) is primarily **text content**, not a cartoon. It contains a satirical story about a pompous tourist visiting San Francisco who gets entangled in various misadventures involving local characters named Davis and Mike. The satire targets **wealthy, pretentious out-of-towners** who adopt affected mannerisms and speak in exaggerated ways. The story mocks the tourist's obsession with trendy social activities (visiting a millionaire's residence on Nob Hill) and his gullible nature when locals convince him to visit disreputable establishments. The humor relies on **class-based comedy**: the gap between the tourist's pretensions and his actual foolishness, and how ordinary San Franciscans exploit his naïveté for entertainment. This reflects late-19th-century urban satirical traditions targeting wealthy outsiders.