The Wasp — 1878 — page 25: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **text-based editorial content**, not cartoon satire. The main article, "Fisley on the Rampage," attacks a person named **Fisley** who advocated against public funding for kindergarten in San Francisco. The satire targets Fisley's contradictory position: he claims to oppose the "kindergarten" concept on principle, yet his actual objections appear petty and inconsistent. The editors mock him for opposing German educational methods while lacking coherent reasoning. The piece also includes an unrelated brief article titled "Our Greatness in Crookedness" about fraud in American legal practice. The ornate masthead shows *The Wasp* logo, and publication details indicate it's a San Francisco weekly selling for 25 cents.