Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, March 1921 · page 60 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #18 — page 60: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a reader advice column featuring humorous responses from "Captain Billy" to submitted letters. Rather than serious advice, the replies are puns and jokes: - **Sunset Slim's** letter about traveling to Hot Springs gets a pun response about "rheumatic blues" (rheumatism/music wordplay). - **Aromatic Army Cook** submits a pun about Boston soldiers moving to Seattle to "live on the Sound" (Puget Sound/audio pun). - **Blonde Beauty** receives dating advice disguised as wordplay about "Siberian dash board" (unclear reference, possibly whisker-related slang). - **Abe Goldberg** is warned against opening an undertaker in Butte, Montana—the joke implies it's an Irish area where an undertaker would be unwelcome (reference to "Wearin' o' the Green"). - The final rejection of **A. L. Tioga's** story appears to be editorial—the actual submission wasn't included. The format mimics sincere advice columns but delivers jokes instead.
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58 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Our Rural Mail Bag Dear Captain Billy: I heartily agree with you in the belief that man is a strange wild beast, and when he gets what he wanted, he wonders why he wanted it. That's why I'm on my way to Hot Springs, singing the rheumatic blues.—Sunset Slim. * * * Aromatic Army Cook—Yes, I understand that the troop of Boston soldiers you mention moved to Seattle so that they could live on the Sound. * * * Blonde Beauty—I do not know what you mean by the expression “He has a Siberian dash board” unless it's whiskers. Pay no attention to smooth French talk. He's bulling you. * * * Abe Goldberg—No, I wouldn't advise you to locate your undertaking establishment in O'Rourke park, Butte, Mont. You might as well sing “Wearin' o' the Green” in Piccadilly Circus, if that's all the value you attach to your life. * * * A. L. Tioga—Sorry we can't use your story about the barrel of apples and the sack of nuts by which the family rat was caught.