The Wasp — 1892 — page 160: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains two separate pieces: a short story titled "How I Got in Jail" and a poem called "To Float Alone." The only cartoon visible is at the bottom right, captioned "Economy is Wealth," showing two men at a desk in what appears to be a banking or business setting. The cartoon illustrates a dialogue between a banker/businessman and a laborer about financial hardship. The caption suggests satire about wealth disparity and economic inequality—specifically mocking the notion that "economy" (frugality) alone creates wealth for working people while institutions profit. The working-class figure appears skeptical of this conventional wisdom. The surrounding literary content addresses themes of poverty, struggle, and social displacement common to 1880s-era American satirical journalism.