Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #45 — page 37: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three brief satirical editorials rather than cartoons. The first mocks modern urban life's dangers—men dodging traffic like a military assault, where survival depends on "poise" and positioning. The second is a dark joke about widowhood: women who initially rejected twin beds in their new homes became widows, implying wartime deaths. The third editorial, attributed to Heywood Broun, satirizes Leonard Merrick's view that female virtue must be guarded like a fragile "bowl of goldfish"—so carefully protected that any stumble risks catastrophe. The satire critiques this exaggerated, restrictive view of women's morality and respectability as outdated panic. The magazine's tagline, "The Bull is Mightier Than the Bullet," suggests satirical commentary on power and persuasion.