The Wasp — 1892 — page 466: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a satirical gossip column titled "Gossip" with two accompanying illustrations. The text mocks San Francisco society events and personalities through anecdotal stories. Key satirical targets include: 1. **Christmas-season consumerism**: Hayseeds and lower-class people buying cheap decorations and goods. 2. **Social pretension**: A man named Moses attempting to pass off a stolen suit as his own at an exhibition, highlighting class anxiety and fraud. 3. **Domestic melodrama**: A California Street couple where the wife poisons her turkey and potentially her husband—a dark joke about marriage tensions. The column ridicules various social types: ambitious strivers, nouveau riche art collectors, corrupt politicians, and society women. The illustrations appear to accompany specific anecdotes mentioned in the text, though exact figures are unclear without additional context.