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

What you’re looking at

This page contains satirical commentary on Reverend Wilbur, a moral crusader concerned with various social issues. The text ridicules his selective outrage: he's alarmed by girls wearing one-piece bathing suits at Atlantic City, families wanting to walk to the beach in street clothes over swimwear, and Tex Rickard's swimming exhibitions in Madison Square Garden. The satire mocks Wilbur's censorship bill proposal, then pivots to note his "Christian" acceptance of a congressional amendment—raising his salary from $4,000 to $8,000 yearly. The joke: Wilbur abandoned his moral principles when offered money. The page concludes introducing the "Annette Kellermanns" controversy at Somer's Point near Atlantic City, presumably related to bathing suit scandals that generated public outrage about women's beachwear standards.