The Wasp — 1892 — page 289: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains several satirical articles and illustrations rather than a single unified cartoon. Key content includes: **"Our Picture"** (top left): Mocks San Francisco political bosses manipulating an Australian ballot measure, comparing politicians to puppeteers controlling public opinion. **"Evolution"** (center): A poem with illustrations satirizing women's fashion, particularly the shortened skirts and exposed limbs of modern dress—presented as scandalous social decline. **"Restaurants and Free Lunches"**: Satirizes working-class men's behavior at cheap establishments, portraying them as crude and gluttonous. **"Farewell to the Bookies"** and **"The Engaged Ones"**: Social commentary on Oakland pool-rooms and courtship customs. The overall tone targets political corruption, changing social mores (especially women's liberation), and working-class behavior as subjects worthy of ridicule.