The Wasp — 1894 — page 348: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and directory listings** for San Francisco businesses (hotels, restaurants, printing services, etc.), typical of The Wasp's commercial content. The only cartoon appears under the heading "A GEOLOGIST." It shows two figures examining something, accompanying a brief humorous anecdote about "Mr. Kearny," described as "a regular matrimonial geologist." The joke plays on Kearny's persistent searching—he repeatedly offers money to do jobs, always for "less than ten dollars," suggesting obsessive penny-pinching or fortune-hunting behavior. The "geologist" metaphor implies he's constantly "prospecting" or searching, likely for financial advantage through relationships. The humor is relatively mild social satire about miserly or opportunistic behavior.