Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #59 — page 35: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three separate humor items: 1. **"Recumbering"**: A short joke about a stenographer sleeping on the office sofa who calls herself "the present recumbent" (a pun on "incumbent"). This is mild wordplay without political content. 2. **"Late Books"**: A simple listing of three book titles—no cartoon or commentary. 3. **"More Power To You, Mr. D'Arcy"**: A handwritten jingle from Hugh D'Arcy (author of the saloon classic "The Face on the Barroom Floor"), written on his 81st birthday in 1924. The jingle mocks William Anderson, New York's Anti-Saloon League superintendent, who had recently secured a conviction. The humor derives from D'Arcy—representing old saloon culture—celebrating Anderson's prosecution while pretending to support Prohibition. The page is primarily advertisements and filler content rather than political satire.