The Wasp — 1888 — page 295: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The page contains two distinct sections: **Left Column:** A lengthy tribute to Congressman Hon. W. W. Morrow, praising his legislative accomplishments for San Francisco, including appropriations for harbor improvements, telegraph lines, and quarantine stations. The text is straightforward political praise rather than satire. **Right Column:** Two satirical pieces. "Since Bridget Joined the Choir" mocks an Irish servant woman's pretensions after joining a church choir. "Nature Tried Her Prentice Hands On" ridicules two women shoppers through crude verse. Both pieces employ ethnic/class stereotypes typical of late 19th-century American humor, presenting working-class figures as objects of mockery for their aspirations or mannerisms.