The Wasp — 1890 — page 289: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page mixes short news items, advertisements, and two cartoon vignettes: **Top left cartoon**: A farmer confronts a tramp asking for work. The farmer dismisses him, saying even small work doesn't satisfy the tramp—satirizing vagrants or unemployed men as chronically dissatisfied. **Top right cartoon**: A young man reads to his mother, quoting forgiveness for kicking the wrong person—a domestic humor piece about mistaken identity. **Center/bottom**: A large cartoon titled "Reading the News" shows a dog lying on a newspaper, apparently napping—visual wordplay on laziness or indifference to news. The page also includes theater reviews (Thomas W. Keene, Baldwin Opera Company), business notices about real estate and lager beer, and a section titled "Other Peoples' Money" discussing financial movements in San Francisco. Overall, it's typical 19th-century satirical journalism combining social commentary with local gossip.