Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, May 1921 · page 16 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #20 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page contains no cartoons—only satirical aphorisms (witty one-liners) typical of *Captain Billy's Whiz Bang*, an American humor magazine popular in the early 20th century. The quips mock contemporary gender relations and marriage customs. The jokes reflect 1920s-era attitudes: women's talkativeness, wives' infidelity compared to pets, gender roles (women "wearing the pants"), and the notion that attractive women are inherently dangerous. Several jabs target women's intelligence and morality as inversely related. The humor relies on misogyny common to the period—portraying women as deceitful, talkative, or incompetent. The aphorisms use the format of folk wisdom or proverbs to deliver cynical commentary on love and domestic life, which was the magazine's standard comedic approach.
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14 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Love is blind. Perhaps that accounts for some of the bad shots he has made. * * * Blessed is the man that is born of little furniture, for it shall be easier to move. * * * Most women are both good and true; in fact, most of them are too good to be true. * * * You can never judge the length of a woman's tongue by the size of her mouth. * * * Love has been called miserable happiness. Not so, it is what makes happiness miserable. * * * He is a mean father who has his whiskers shaved off because the baby likes to pull them. * * * Some women kiss their pet dogs in preference to their husbands. Some men are born lucky. * * * The girl who wishes she had been born a boy will never make a good wife—she will want to wear the pants. * * * A pretty woman with brains usually sends some man to the devil. If she hasn't brains, she goes there herself.