The Wasp — 1890 — page 161: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two illustrations and social gossip rather than political satire. **Top illustration** ("I wonder what this can be!"): Shows a figure examining something at a window—likely satirizing amateur artists or incompetent sketchers, based on the crude drawing style. **Bottom illustration** ("A Bee Hive, you sucker!"): Depicts someone being stung or attacked by bees—a visual pun on "bee hive," playing on the word "sucker" for comedic effect. The text consists mainly of society-page items about wealthy San Franciscans and visitors—Miss Ingoldsby's artistic pursuits, the M.H. de Youngs' travels, and a humorous anecdote about a Colorado gentleman mistaking "Hedgeside" for an actual estate, complete with a pun about hedgehogs. The humor is largely social and personal rather than politically pointed.