Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #3 — page 29: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a humor advice column where "Captain Billy" responds to reader questions with jokes. The satire targets various 1920s social issues: **Key references:** - **Prohibition era**: Oscar Pepper's whiskey question mocks the alcohol ban; the answer jokes that whiskey's effects (boxing gloves, skirts) suggest its violent intoxication - **Military medicine**: The C-C pills reference appears to be satirizing Army medical supplies - **Gender relations**: "Perplexed Pauline" criticizes men who don't properly escort women home—the response compares such a man's intelligence unfavorably to a rookie soldier - **I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World)**: "Intellectual Ike" asks why this radical labor union is compared to Russian Bolsheviks. Captain Billy's response quotes a militant "Wobbly" battle song mocking Christian pacifism, implying the I.W.W. advocates violence—thus resembling Bolshevism The humor relies on readers recognizing these contemporary concerns.