The Wasp — 1892 — page 483: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* (a satirical magazine) contains multiple sections rather than a single cartoon. The visible content includes: **"Our Pictures"** section with an illustration of a horse and rider, satirizing the magazine's coverage of San Francisco society figures and their pretensions. **"Wasp on the Wing"** - brief satirical commentary on boarding house life and its eccentric inhabitants, including references to "the Basil Black" and social observations about gentlemen boarders. **"Fashionable Gymnastics"** - mocking upper-class women's new interest in physical education and exercise, suggesting such activities were considered undignified or unusual for ladies of that era. **Additional sections** on parental modesty, practical advice, and habitual behavior follow. The overall tone is typical of *Wasp's* satirizing of San Francisco's social pretensions and emerging modern customs.