Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #24 — page 32: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *Whiz Bang* (a 1920s humor magazine) features a "Dear Captain Billy" advice column with humorous reader questions and responses. The jokes rely on wordplay and social commentary: - **Eggs smaller than before**: A joke about timing egg collection (implying chickens now lay prematurely) - **Dancer's leg insurance**: Captain Billy admits ignorance about why anyone would insure legs for $125,000 - **Chile's war exports**: The answer "Beans" is a pun (Chile → chili → beans) - **Star size**: "Fatty Arbuckle" references the silent film comedian/scandal figure - **Rude waiter**: "Soupercillious" is a pun (soup + supercilious) - **Scarecrow clothing**: The joke suggests dressing scarecrows in women's clothes would attract "old birds" (women) These represent typical early 20th-century magazine humor: puns, contemporary celebrity references, and mild social satire.