The Wasp — 1892 — page 376: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a serialized humor column rather than a political cartoon. The page features satirical commentary on San Francisco society through the diary voice of an unmarried woman. Key satirical targets include: 1. **Delasarte movement** - mocked as pretentious artistic affectation among the wealthy 2. **Baseball discourse** - ridiculed for overblown newspaper coverage of pitcher "Fanning," suggesting sports journalism lacks substance 3. **"Drug war"** - apparently refers to actual patent medicine competition, with "New Crystal Haggard Silk" specifically advertised The diary narrator uses sardonic observations about local aristocrats' manners, spirituality, and cultural pretensions to mock San Francisco's upper class. The overall tone satirizes both societal vanity and the trivial concerns of unmarried society women.