The Wasp — 1887 — page 155: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and directory listings**, not satirical content. The left side features hotel and business advertisements (Hotel Arcadia, The Ebbitt in Washington D.C., DeWitt & Harris tea merchants, and a jewelry casket ad). The right side contains a "Directory of the Best Hotels and Watering Places" for California locations. The only narrative text appears to be a humorous poem titled "The Trouble at Sandy Flat" describing a comical frontier incident involving gunfire and billiards. However, **this is not a political cartoon** — it's light verse entertainment typical of period magazines. Without visible satirical illustrations or political commentary on this page, there is no deeper political/social satire to decode for modern readers. This appears to be a standard commercial directory page from *The Wasp*.