The Wasp — April 3, 1880 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising and notices** rather than satirical content. The left column contains brief social commentary items (about a torrent house, Easter eggs, and various local figures), but lacks accompanying cartoons explaining their context. The right side features commercial advertisements for San Francisco businesses: a hat bazaar, Damiana Bitters (a medicinal product), dress cutters, an upholsterer, and a hat merchant. The only substantial cartoon shows **C. Herrmann's hat shop** with illustrated figures. Without clearer visual satirical elements or historical context about the mentioned figures (Senator Johnson, Jessie Raymond, Senator Ben Hill), the specific political targets remain unclear. The page functions primarily as a commercial vehicle rather than political satire.