The Wasp — 1890 — page 57: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features a biographical profile of **Paris Kilburn**, a California agriculturalist and politician born in Pennsylvania in 1834. The accompanying portrait shows a bearded man in formal 19th-century attire. The right column contains three separate short humor pieces unrelated to Kilburn: 1. **"A Welcome Exchange"** - Editorial praise for The Wasp's satirical bite 2. **"Only Temporary"** - A brief domestic comedy about a woman reassuring her boyfriend his inadequacy is temporary 3. **"Lost the Customer"** and **"Eastern Magnificence"** - Comic anecdotes about retail service failures and exaggerated servant hierarchies The page also includes a **tramp dialogue** at the bottom, depicting stereotypical working-class speech patterns common to period satire.