Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #59 — page 28: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains several short humorous anecdotes rather than cartoons. The jokes play on domestic and social scenarios typical of 1920s humor: 1. **The barber joke** plays on marital suspicion—a man refuses cosmetic face powder fearing his wife will think he's been with "chorus girls," suggesting anxiety about infidelity and changing social norms around male grooming. 2. **The geography/food pun** relies on stereotypical associations (Siam/hunger, Fiji/food) that were standard in period humor. 3. **The "Purple Cow Horns"** joke involves sexual innuendo about a man's athletic clothing splitting, with a woman's feigned obliviousness serving as the punchline. The final line moralizes about women and "running down a bad one"—typical of era's gender commentary.