Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, October 1921 · page 61 of 68
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This page contains **poetry and humorous verses** rather than cartoons. The content includes: 1. **"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang"** — concluding lines about buying tickets to a show and observing social hierarchy (peasants hustling, kings wearing crowns, fox hunts) 2. **"Dead Earnest"** — a poem about a young woman who, when proposed to, deflects by saying "Go ask father," knowing the speaker understands her father is dead—a darkly humorous rejection 3. **Brief jokes** about a Texan selling "pints" (unclear if literal or coded reference) and talcum powder as bath substitute 4. **"Ancient But True"** — a moral verse about the ethical circumstances under which one might swear, steal, or lie The page represents typical *Whiz Bang* content: bawdy, cynical humor mixed with folk wisdom, targeting post-WWI American audiences.
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Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang 59 But you have to buy your ticket if you want to see the show. It’s the front of the procession where you always hear the band, And the boy who gets hot peanuts is the first one