The Wasp — 1889 — page 192: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices** rather than political cartoons. The main content includes: - **Pond's Extract** advertisement (top) promoting a patent medicine claiming to cure hemorrhoids, burns, and other ailments - **Pacific Bank** of San Francisco (financial institution ad) - **The Arlington Hotel** in Santa Barbara (resort advertisement) - **Theater listings** (New Bush-street Theater, Alcazar Theater, Tivoli Opera House) - **Mechanical Institution Industrial Exposition** announcement - Various other commercial advertisements The only satirical content appears to be brief humorous dialogue pieces like "A Pillar Interpretation" and "His Grievance"—short comedic vignettes rather than visual cartoons. This appears to be a typical late-19th-century magazine page mixing advertisements with light comedic filler content.