Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #45 — page 15: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a humor column by "Whiz Bang Billy" (signed at bottom) consisting of several brief satirical observations rather than cartoons: 1. **Hotel pricing**: Mocks American leisure culture—hotels charge premium rates for weekend stays ("transients"), yet guests still must pay extra for basic amenities like baths. 2. **Chaperones vs. Prohibition**: References the shift from traditional dance chaperones to modern Prohibition enforcement officers, suggesting society's values have changed regarding supervision. 3. **Waiter pretension**: Satirizes servers who ceremoniously present covered dishes ("sous cloche") with exaggerated reverence. 4. **Perfect husbands**: Reports a newspaper query, with Billy's character "Gus" cynically observing women wouldn't want a perfect husband anyway. The humor targets middle-class American social conventions and consumerism of the 1920s Prohibition era.