The Wasp — July 3, 1880 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of The Illustrated Wasp Page 789 This page is primarily **text-based satirical articles** rather than illustrated cartoons. The main pieces critique: 1. **"Rich Marriages"** - Satirizes wealthy Americans (particularly men) seeking European titles through marriage. The piece mocks the pretension of American society men wanting to marry into nobility, and ridicules women who'd accept such arrangements for status. 2. **"The Very Latest European Development"** - Continues the marriage-for-title satire, targeting wealthy American girls competing to marry Princes, Dukes, and Earls. It critiques the "vast outlay of time and patience" required for such pursuits. 3. Various local San Francisco announcements (Golden Gate Park, pedestrian safety concerns, a six-week race event). The satire targets American social climbing and Old World aristocratic pretension during the Gilded Age.