The Wasp, 1894 · page 353 of 524
The Wasp — 1894 — page 353: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several short satirical vignettes and gossip items rather than a single unified cartoon. **Main elements:** - **"Round and About"**: A commentary on Bay Area football rivalries, praising the Reliance Club of Oakland and Stanford's football prowess while critiquing their lack of coaching sophistication. - **"Press Club Gone"**: A dramatic dialogue mocking the closure of what appears to be a San Francisco social club, with members lamenting its loss through theatrical exclamations. - **"Doctor Rosenberger"**: A humorous anecdote about a neighborhood doctor using a skunk to drive away pests, with ironic consequences when the animal becomes a nuisance itself. - **Social gossip items** about theater performers and local figures. The page exemplifies *The Wasp*'s approach: combining local institutional commentary, club/society satire, and human-interest humor for San Francisco readers.