Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #18 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains **no political cartoons**—it's a collection of humorous aphorisms and a brief comic anecdote. The opening quotes are satirical observations about gender relations and human nature, mocking both men and women. References to "powder" blinding men's eyes and women being creatures "between man and angels" reflect early 20th-century gender stereotypes the magazine lampoons. The main item, "Goosey, Goosey Gander," is a short joke about a maid named Liza Gander who becomes hysterical in the bathroom. Her reply uses dialect humor ("Lawsa me," "ah caint dry mesself")—a common comedic trope of the era depicting Black domestic workers as nervous and incompetent. The humor derives from her nervous breakdown over a minor task.