The Wasp — 1888 — page 165: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is predominantly **advertising and humor columns** rather than political cartoons. The left side contains San Diego real estate and business advertisements (Coronado Land Office, Louis Dampf furniture, etc.). The center section features "THRIFT AND HUMOR"—anecdotal humor pieces about everyday situations: a doctor-patient dialogue about insomnia, a mother-child exchange about sleeping positions, and social commentary on water service and Sunday dinner etiquette. The right side advertises hotels, boarding houses, and coffee merchants, including "Hotel Arcadia" in Santa Monica and "The Ebbitt" in Washington, D.C. **No significant political cartoons or caricatures appear.** The page represents typical late 19th/early 20th-century magazine layout: satirical humor columns mixed with commercial advertisements. The "humor" relies on contemporary domestic and social observations rather than political satire.