Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #45 — page 48: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three poems with no visible cartoon illustrations. The editor's note prefaces "The Soldier of the Legion," acknowledging that grave-robbing was "lawful and even popular in northern Africa," explaining why this dark humor poem appears in the magazine. The poems satirize post-WWI social attitudes: "The Soldier of the Legion" mocks indifference to disabled veterans' fates; "Here's the Dope" warns of female sexual freedom's social consequences; "Retrospect" critiques shallow high-society courtship rituals and gender dynamics, with the speaker rejecting "society daughters" for nature. The satire targets 1920s social hypocrisy, particularly attitudes toward war veterans and changing gender relations during the Jazz Age.