The Wasp — 1887 — page 247: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and directory listings** rather than satirical content. It contains: - A "Thrift and Humor" column with humorous anecdotes about human nature, school children, and practical life observations - Multiple hotel and boarding house advertisements for San Francisco and California locations - Wholesale price listings for tea, coffee, sugars, and groceries from DeWitt & Harris merchants - Hotel advertisements including the prominent "Hotel Arcadia" in Santa Monica and "The Ebbit" in Washington D.C. - A classified directory section listing furnished rooms and hotels throughout San Francisco The page represents typical late 19th/early 20th-century magazine layout: entertainment mixed with substantial commercial advertising. No political cartoons or caricatures are visible on this particular page.