The Wasp — 1889 — page 299: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* is primarily a notes section discussing theatrical productions and performances rather than featuring political cartoons. The only illustration is a small engraving of a wasp on a plant stem at the top left. The "Notes" section discusses various theatrical performances: Dion Boucicault Jr.'s role in "Shaughraun" in Australia, Fanny Davenport's financial success with "La Tosca," and reviews of productions including "The Oolan" (Francis Wilson's comic opera) and plays at various theaters. The page includes commentary on California insurance companies and ends with a humorous poem titled "Uncle Seth and the Crowned Heads" satirizing European royalty's follies and pretensions—a common *Wasp* theme mocking foreign monarchies.