Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #3 — page 17: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a "Personal" gossip column about ex-servicemen adjusting to civilian life after WWI. The humor relies on satirizing their various post-war situations: **Percival Filbert** - A former captain now slings sodas at a pharmacy, a comedown from military authority. **Pete Greasyneck** - A former mule handler bought a Jowll Soyce car with gambling winnings, heading to Arizona construction work. **George Thisseldown Chomwoley De Pussey** - The longest name gets the sharpest satirical jab: a former aide to a general now takes orders from a floor-walker (retail supervisor) of lower rank, humiliatingly reversing their military hierarchy. The final joke ("two heads better than one") likely references De Pussey's absurdly long name. The satire mocks post-war social disruption and rank reversals.