The Wasp — 1887 — page 77: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and directory content**, not editorial cartoon material. It contains: - Hotel advertisements (Hotel Arcadia in Santa Monica, The Ebbitt in Washington D.C.) - A "Directory of the Best Hotels and Watering Places on the Pacific Coast, Etc." - Listings for San Francisco establishments - Grocery wholesale suppliers (DeWitt & Harris) - A product advertisement for ribbons - A patent medicine ad ("To Weak Men") The only potentially satirical element is a brief anecdote about a woman demonstrating thread strength to skeptical men by having them hold opposite ends while she pulls—a humorous sales pitch narrative, but not a political cartoon. This page functioned as The Wasp's revenue source through paid advertising rather than satirical commentary.