The Wasp — April 3, 1880 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

The main cartoon depicts an elderly woman scolding a young man in what appears to be a domestic confrontation. Based on the accompanying letter titled "My Dear Grandma," the satire concerns **Joe Naphtaly**, who is "mad" and accused of being a "sand-lotter" (apparently a derogatory term). The letter criticizes Naphtaly's association with **Freud** and his supposed influence on local youth. The cartoon mocks what the writer sees as misguided modernist ideas corrupting young people in San Francisco. The grandmother figure represents traditional values being challenged by contemporary influences. The satire suggests anxiety about psychological theories and their perceived dangers to respectable society and family authority. The page also contains unrelated advertisements and advice columns typical of satirical magazines of this era.