The Wasp — 1892 — page 131: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This satirical page proposes five absurd "improvements" to San Francisco's municipal governance, mocking the city's supervisors (elected officials). The cartoons suggest: 1. **Wealth redistribution via chaos** - A figure scattering money while children scramble 2. **Inappropriate public spaces** - Using Lotta's Fountain as a livestock market 3. **Market Street obstruction** - Orange peddlers monopolizing street space with carts 4. **Unsightly decorations** - Young's corner location as an "attractive location for a carousel" 5. **City Hall misuse** - Using the building as a poultry/vegetable market The satire criticizes real municipal neglect: street vendors blocking commerce, poor market regulation, and general urban disorder. The "suggestions" are deliberately ridiculous, implying supervisors should actually address these genuine public nuisances rather than ignore them.