The Wasp — 1892 — page 464: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a satirical column with anecdotes rather than formal cartoons. The illustrated header shows a cloud of figures, apparently satirizing vanity and social pretension. The main narratives mock: 1. **A sauntering lawyer** criticized for vanity and self-abasement, disliked by Judge Garber and others for affecting airs despite humble origins. 2. **A Piedmont Hotel incident** involving a man named Marvin Cane, whose sinner behavior (breaking liquor laws during Prohibition) resulted in license revocation and building destruction by a "true Christian" named Holy Hugh. 3. **Harry**, a young betting man on Kearny Street who lost $40 at the racetrack and must repay a debt. The tone is gossipy, moralistic commentary on San Francisco society types and their failures.