Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #45 — page 61: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains four separate humorous pieces rather than a political cartoon: 1. **"The Influence of Literature"**: A joke about a girlfriend's letter-writing style revealing which romantic authors she's been reading (Peter B. Kyne, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Cosmopolitan magazine, and the magazine *Whiz Bang* itself). 2. **"I Want to Be"**: A sentimental romantic poem in italics mocking overwrought love poetry conventions of the era. 3. **"Coupla Compound Cleopatras"**: A brief doctor-nurse dialogue joke about "sublimating primal impulses," using medical language to create innuendo. 4. **"Song of the Sunny South"**: Rural agricultural humor about crop pests (rust, weevils) and bootleg whiskey ("moonshine"), likely reflecting post-Prohibition concerns. The page is primarily satirical entertainment rather than political commentary.