The Wasp — 1890 — page 129: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices** rather than editorial cartooning. It contains: - Steamship company advertisements (Pacific Coast Steamship, Southern Pacific Company, S.F. & North Pacific R.R.) - A small shipping company notice (Goodall, Perkins & Co.) - Japanese and Chinese steamship line ads (Occidental and Oriental) - Various humorous short dialogues and jokes in the lower half The comedic content includes satirical exchanges about domestic life and social manners—topics typical of 1890s periodicals. These brief, witty pieces mock middle-class pretensions and gender relations rather than addressing specific political figures or events. **No major political cartoons or caricatures appear on this page.** The humor is generic social satire rather than topical commentary.