The Wasp — 1888 — page 140: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two main sections: a long editorial essay titled "The Country Editor" and a separate humor column titled "Thrift and Humor." **The Country Editor** discusses the challenges and dignity of small-town newspaper work, emphasizing how country editors serve their communities despite financial struggles and social pressures. **The central illustration** appears to show a disheveled, possibly drunk figure—likely satirizing either a failed businessman or politician, though the specific identity is unclear from the image alone. **Thrift and Humor** consists of short anecdotes and jokes about everyday life, including domestic situations and social awkwardness. These are lighthearted pieces rather than pointed political satire. The page represents typical late-19th or early-20th-century American satirical magazine content mixing editorial commentary with humorous social observation.