The Wasp — May 8, 1880 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of The Illustrated Wasp, Page 660 This page contains no political cartoon. Instead, it features three text sections: 1. **"Open Letter from Mr. Salmi Morse"** — a complaint about the Board of Supervisors rejecting a play called "The Passion Play," which Morse defends as religious education rather than blasphemy. 2. **"Curious Papers Without Heading"** — philosophical commentary on unbelievers and religious hypocrisy, arguing that atheists are "selfish individuals" who ignore morality. 3. **"I. M. Kalloch, the Murderer of De Young"** — apparently covering a criminal case involving someone named Kalloch and a victim named De Young, with references to coroner proceedings. The page is primarily text-based satire and commentary rather than illustrated cartoons.