The Wasp — 1887 — page 233: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and directory listings** rather than satirical cartoons. It contains: - **Hotel and boarding-house advertisements** for San Francisco and California establishments (Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, The Ebbit in Washington D.C., various other hotels) - **Merchant advertisements** for DeWitt & Harris (tea and coffee merchants) - A **directory section** titled "THE LEADING HOTELS" listing establishments across multiple cities - **"THRIFT AND HUMOR"** column featuring brief anecdotal pieces about household economy and social observations The humor column includes short stories about domestic life—such as disputes over household expenses and the definition of "wedding" in fashion vocabulary—but these are conventional Victorian-era domestic comedy rather than political satire. No identifiable political figures or cartoons appear on this page.