The Wasp — 1878 — page 312: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains no visible cartoon. Instead, it features several opinion columns and articles discussing contemporary topics: 1. **"The Base Ball Mania"** — critiques Americans' obsession with baseball, comparing it to other national pastimes (the British with cricket, etc.). 2. **"A New Enterprise"** — discusses San Francisco's alleged invention of synthetic sausages made from cat meat, satirizing both the city's commercial ambitions and prejudices against the Sand-lots (a working-class area). 3. **"Maggie McFarland's Case"** — references an ongoing legal matter involving a prominent citizen. 4. **"The French Bank"** — discusses the Supreme Court's decision regarding the French Bank, a property rights controversy. The page is primarily textual satire rather than visual cartooning, typical of *The Wasp's* mixed editorial format.