The Wasp — 1889 — page 388: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

**"A Literary Butcher"** (top cartoon): A retired butcher proudly shows a visitor his library. The joke satirizes working-class social pretension—the butcher boasts about book bindings while admitting he personally "killed all them calves myself what furnished the leather." The humor mocks those who acquire books as status symbols while lacking genuine literary cultivation. **Poetry and prose pieces below** include "A Camp Flapjack" (by C.R. Moffet), "The Untamed Chudda," and "A Lost Hope"—miscellaneous satirical or humorous verses typical of The Wasp's content. The page appears to be from the 1920s-1930s era, given references to "flapjacks" and general styling. It represents typical American satirical magazine humor targeting class differences and social pretension.