The Wasp — 1887 — page 432: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page consists primarily of **text articles and commentary** rather than political cartoons. The content includes: 1. **School conflicts in Hammond, Indiana** - satirizing objections to "coercive" curriculum and corporal punishment by schoolchildren 2. **Art world criticism** - mocking rejection of Kenyon Cox's painting by the New York Union League Club's exhibition committee, with commentary on artistic censorship 3. **Social commentary pieces** - including anecdotes about a chicken incubator scheme, Eastern visitors in California, and holiday gift-giving 4. **Brief satirical items** - such as commentary on a "restaurant-keeper killed a turkey" story and Governor Waterman's prisoner pardon applications The page's satire targets **institutional authority** (schools, art clubs), **social pretension**, and **urban business schemes** typical of late-19th/early-20th century American life. No major political figures appear to be specifically caricatured.