Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #24 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three humorous verses under "Limber Kicks" rather than political cartoons. The content consists of bawdy, satirical poems targeting contemporary social attitudes: **"Bow Wow"** mocks the difference between women's behavior before and after marriage—moving from primping and vanity to domestic anger. **"Ask Bob He Knows"** contains risqué double entendres about "painted kings" (likely cosmetics or makeup), references ballet as outdated entertainment, and includes a crude joke about Scottish balls and a woman named Jenny. **"Poor Lot's wife"** alludes to the biblical story, making a crude pun about her skirt position. These are typical of *Whiz Bang's* bawdy humor style—working-class, heterosexual, and focused on mocking marriage, women's vanity, and sexual innuendo rather than political satire.