Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #59 — page 19: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains four brief humorous items typical of 1920s satirical magazines: 1. **"New Orleans Take Note"** — A mild geographical joke about the Mississippi River's scenery improving upstream. 2. **"No Hero He"** — A joke about an old bachelor claiming women caused his narrow escapes, contradicted by a boy who says women were actually responsible for them (implying the bachelor couldn't escape women's interest). 3. **"Have You Ever Met Her?"** — A pun-based dialogue where "Ida" sounds like "I'd a" (I would have), with the punchline playing on "Ida wanna walk home" (I'd want to walk home). 4. **"The Old Hen Says"** — An illustrated aphorism about men having reputations for goodness when they're merely shy/bashful. The hen serves as a folksy wisdom figure. All are lighthearted domestic humor targeting courtship and masculinity stereotypes.