Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #45 — page 51: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains four separate humor pieces rather than political cartoons: 1. **"One of Al Joy's Original Gems"**: A joke about an Irishman (Pat) asking a Dutchman for a raise. The Dutchman responds by calculating that Pat already receives enough time off (accounting for sleep, recreation, holidays, Saturdays, and St. Patrick's Day) to owe the employer money. The humor relies on ethnic stereotyping common to 1920s comedy. 2. **"A Pretty Little Tale"**: A brief joke about Johnny McGuire running through town with his trousers on fire, fainting at the doctor, who then tells him his "end was in sight"—a pun on his burning rear end. 3. **"Another From Carnegie"**: A poem mocking a "thirsty young maiden from Bellevue" who claims virtue while flirting with a suitor displaying a shiny nose (suggesting alcoholism). 4. A final joke about kissing and bathing, presented as credited to "Gus." These are joke collections, not political satire.