The Wasp — 1877 — page 126: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page combines a serialized story ("To Be Continued") with a letters-to-the-editor section titled "Answers to Correspondents." The illustrated cartoon at the top shows two figures at a desk labeled "FISCAL—Water your stock," likely satirizing financial manipulation or stock watering (artificially inflating company value). The accompanying editorial responses address various social and political topics: ministerial vacations, manuscript glut in publishing, levity in journalism, and housing economics. Notable is "A House of Our Own," which argues against renting in favor of homeownership—a practical economic argument for working families. The page also references contemporary figures like Napoleon and Roman history, suggesting broader cultural commentary typical of Wasp's satirical approach to American society and politics of the era.