The Wasp — 1890 — page 348: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. It includes: - **Railroad schedules** (Southern Pacific Company, Santa Cruz Division) - **Patent medicine ads** (Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, Horsford's Acid Phosphate for "tired brain") - **Short humorous items** mocking social pretensions (a man feigning death to escape a creditor; wives shooting at husbands' bosoms over unpaid bills) - **Local San Francisco references** (Pittsburg Museum, Market & 10th Streets) The few satirical bits target **upper-class hypocrisy**: a wife concerned only with inheritance; Democrats patronized as political children. One item ridicules Army officers' wives adopting "solemn compact" behavior imitating English aristocracy—likely critiquing American aspiration to European class structures. The magazine's tone is **light social mockery** rather than hard political commentary. The layout emphasizes commercial content over sustained satire.