The Wasp — 1887 — page 24: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily an **advertising page** for *The Wasp* magazine (Volume XIX, Number 2), priced at 10 cents. The masthead features ornate Victorian typography. The page contains **two small satirical cartoons** flanking a central advertisement for Napa Soda Springs: - **Left cartoon**: Shows a portly man eating, captioned "Eat & Grow Fat / Fat is Good" but countered with "But One Must Drink!" - **Right cartoon**: Shows a woman with a fan saying "Oh Dear! Oh Dear! How Sulky is it!" These appear to be **light social humor** promoting the spa's mineral water as a health remedy—gently mocking vanity and weather complaints through simple domestic scenes. The rest of the page is filled with local San Francisco business advertisements typical of 1880s periodicals.