Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #21 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains gossip column text rather than cartoons. It discusses Mrs. Glyn (likely Elinor Glyn, a prominent writer/socialite of the 1920s) attending a Navy ball at the Ambassador Hotel, where she reportedly avoided dancing with many officers. The main content describes a rumored new story Mrs. Glyn is writing for the Lasky film company—a melodrama about a half-Russian, half-American girl who becomes "wild" after a snakebite, which a heroic hero heroically treats by sucking out poison. The final item gossips that "Mary and Doug" (likely Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, famous married actors) have become matchmakers, currently working on pairing Marjorie Daw with someone. The tone is playfully irreverent, typical of Whiz Bang's celebrity gossip style.