Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #24 — page 30: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is a humor advice column where "Captain Billy" answers reader questions with jokes and puns. The content includes: 1. **A waiters' union yell** - A joke response to a request for a union chant, using food-related puns ("Grape nut," "Malta vita force," "Nabisco wafers"). 2. **A club motto** - A simple joke about asking for what you want. 3. **WWI ballads** - Reference to American soldiers' songs in France, noting how soldier sentiment shifted from wanting to go home pre-armistice to wanting to be left alone afterward. 4. **A riddle** - A parent occupation joke (motorman father + conductorette mother = a transfer). 5. **Dog breed joke** - A humorous definition of a Pomeranian Whiff Sniff as a dog that climbs telegraph poles. The humor relies on wordplay, puns, and topical WWI references typical of 1920s American satire magazines.