The Wasp — 1879 — page 578: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains mostly literary and social commentary rather than political cartoons. The illustrated figures (two men in formal dress, top right) accompany a dialogue labeled "Moses—Vat you tink of Freud?" discussing Sigmund Freud's theories and their social impact. The text critiques contemporary issues: cowardly journalists, immigration policy regarding Chinese laborers, and Ireland's independence movement. A section titled "Cowards who Flit Shadows" attacks those who profane individuals without courage to stand behind their words. The bottom sections discuss Denis Kearney's fainting illness and a "chink-gang" doing street work in Fresno, reflecting the anti-Chinese sentiment prevalent in California during this era. The page is primarily text-based social satire rather than visual cartoon humor.