Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #20 — page 64: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three humorous anecdotes rather than political cartoons: 1. **"It Was Ocean Blood"**: A correction to an April article. A sailor fights three men to help a shipmate and gets stabbed, groaning "Oh, Gawsch! I hope I'm stabbed!" The humor lies in his delayed realization of his injury. 2. **Verse about a woman**: A brief poem about a "sweet and pretty miss" who lived by the racetrack, with a joke about her husband dressing a hen indoors. 3. **"The Hope of the Fat"**: A joker outside a synagogue quotes Shakespeare about fate, then a "fat, greasy-looking little man" offers to take him to see the rabbi. The humor appears to rely on ethnic stereotypes. The magazine's satirical tone targets social situations and character types rather than specific political figures.