Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, March 1921 · page 57 of 68
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This page contains three brief humorous anecdotes typical of 1920s American satirical magazines: **"Miss Allison's Sensation"** reports on actress May Allison's mishap during filming of a Lady Godiva scene in Hollywood. The joke plays on the actress's minimal costuming (only a blonde wig) and the horse's panic at studio lights—implying awkward exposure during the runaway incident. **"A Nice Neighborhood"** presents a neighborly insult battle where Mrs. Jones cleverly counters Mrs. Brown's threat to reveal secrets about her husband by implying she knows compromising information about Mrs. Brown herself—a witty comeback suggesting both women have reputations worth protecting. **"Within the Law"** is a Jewish joke (using ethnic names "Izzy" and "Moe") about clever financial maneuvering. Izzy purchased an expensive diamond pin using money technically designated as a memorial stone, interpreting "stone" literally rather than as a gravestone—a play on technical legal definitions and ethnic stereotypes about shrewd dealings.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 55 Miss Allison's Sensation We've heard lots of gossip from Hollywood, but it takes a Philadelphia “questions and answers” editor to win the rubber medal, in the following: Q—Who is the movie actress whose horse ran away with her recently? A.—This blushing experience befell May Allison recently while enacting the famous ride of Lady Godiva in Hollywood. The scene was made at night and (Miss Allison clad only in a long flowing blonde wig) was riding her horse down the street when the animal took fright at the brilliant lights and made a bolt for a public street. * * * A Nice Neighborhood Two neighbor women were having a word battle over the backyard fence. Mrs. Brown—“I know more about your husband than you do.” Mrs. Jones—“Then you had better keep silent, as I know more about you than your husband does.” * * * Within the Law Izzy was seen with an enormous diamond pin. His friend Moe couldn’t understand where Izzy got a thousand dollars to pay for it, so Izzy explained. “My uncle died and left one thousand dollars for a stone to his memory. I was the executor, and this is the stone.”