The Wasp — April 10, 1880 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Page 595 from *The Wasp* This page features an illustration captioned "Scene from 'As You Like It'" depicting Shakespeare's play. The accompanying article, "The Alms House: Miserit Succurrere Disco" ("I Learn to Succor the Unfortunate"), discusses San Francisco's almshouse on San Miguel Rancho. The text describes the facility's management of poor and vulnerable populations—the blind, deaf, elderly, infirm, and mentally ill—praising its administration and improvements. It details recent agricultural and infrastructure developments: twenty-one acres of sprouting grain, kitchen gardens, and potato cultivation. Rather than satirizing specific figures, this appears to be earnest social commentary celebrating institutional care for San Francisco's indigent population, presented through the literary reference and accompanying advocacy article.