The Wasp — September 6, 1879 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# The Illustrated Wasp - Page 102 This page contains two main sections: personal correspondence and an article titled "Wonders of the Fair Explained to Our Wondering Fair." The left column features a letter from "Nancy" discussing San Francisco society, clergymen, and local politics. It includes gossip about various public figures and social commentary on civic behavior. The right section begins an article about the mechanical wonders of what appears to be the World's Fair (likely the 1893 Columbian Exposition), explaining innovations like pneumatic tubes and electric bulbs to general readers. Below this is a poem titled "A Little Story" by Fred Lister. The page is primarily text-based rather than cartoon-heavy, functioning as satirical social commentary and educational exposition typical of Wasp's format as a weekly literary and political magazine.