Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #21 — page 21: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three separate humorous anecdotes rather than political cartoons: 1. **"His Wires Were Crossed"**: A joke about miscommunication. A hard-of-hearing Sunday school superintendent misunderstands the minister's announcement about child baptisms, thinking instead that he's advertising books for sale at discounted prices. 2. **"He gorged himself with sausages..."**: A brief poem about overeating causing digestive distress. 3. **"Kisses a la Carte"**: A joke about a boy who negotiates payment from his father for witnessing kissing incidents—first the sister, then the maid—escalating the "payment" from a quarter to five dollars. 4. A final quip comparing how dogs respond to fleas versus humans to abstract complaints. These are typical lowbrow humor pieces from this era's satirical magazine.