The Wasp — 1889 — page 425: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This three-panel comic strip depicts a domestic scene involving a woman, children, and what appears to be a man in a park setting. The panels show sequential action, though the specific satirical target is unclear from the image alone. The accompanying text discusses a controversy at the El Monte Hotel involving seventy-nine guests and a disturbance that occurred. The narrative mentions various named individuals (Van Snyder, Secretary) involved in debates about how to resolve an embarrassing situation. Without clearer visual identification of the figures or more explicit textual connection between "A Tale of the Park" and the hotel incident described above, the exact satirical point remains uncertain. The comic may be commenting on social propriety, class issues, or a specific scandal, but these details cannot be definitively established from this page alone.