Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #20 — page 39: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains four brief satirical commentaries rather than cartoons: 1. **War vs. Marriage**: A joke comparing military enlistment (4-year commitment with no escape clause) to marriage—suggesting marriage is equally inescapable. 2. **Women's Fashion**: Mocks a preacher who claimed society women wear only four garments, with the author sardonically noting he apparently didn't count shoes and stockings. 3. **Medical "Cure"**: Satirizes a doctor's claim about stopping hiccups via the "fifth curvicular nerve," suggesting the advice is worthless without knowing where this nerve actually is. 4. **Monkey Cage**: A brief quip against frivolous entertainment and socializing. The final section, "Stop—Look—Listen," is a humorous poem about the speaker's moral anxiety around attractive women—likely satirizing either dated prudishness or performative morality of the era.