The Wasp — 1894 — page 308: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily a **directory of San Francisco businesses and advertisements** (hotels, restaurants, saloons, printing services) rather than a satirical cartoon page. There is **one small cartoon** labeled "IT WOULD DEPEND," showing a conversation between what appears to be a man and woman about taking their daughter to theater. The joke appears to hinge on the woman's concern that frequent theater attendance might negatively influence their daughter's character—a common Victorian-era anxiety about theatrical morality. The man's response (cut off in the visible text) likely offers a witty counter-argument, but the punchline isn't fully legible in this reproduction. The cartoon reflects period concerns about **entertainment's moral influence**, particularly on young women.