Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, December 1921 · page 61 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #28 — page 61: what you’re looking at
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This page contains humorous fake classified ads—a common satire format. The jokes exploit double meanings and unintended innuendo in real newspaper listings: **"The Colonel Knows His Cat"** presents a straightforward lost-pet notice. **"Why, Mabel!"** plays on the phrase "masculine costumes," suggesting gender-ambiguous appearance. **"A Warm Proposition"** satirizes lonely-hearts ads with obvious opportunism. **"Hand In Hand"** puns on "exposures"—photography terminology with sexual implications. **"Like Dimples, They Come High"** jokes that a newborn son costs $40 (via tailor Chris Nelson), treating childbirth like a commodity purchase. The closing aphorism about "the timid girl" and "the dark" carries flirtatious, suggestive undertones. These represent *Whiz Bang*'s characteristic style: bawdy, cheeky humor mining newspapers for accidental double entendres—risqué entertainment for post-WWI audiences seeking irreverent fun.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 59 Classified Ads The Colonel Knows His Cat (From San Antonio Express.) REWARD—Lost, Boston female, 8 months old, 12 lbs., mahog-any brindle, screw tail, white chest, back of neck and blazed face. Col. M. L. Crimmins, 106 Groveland Place. * * * Why, Mabel! (From St. Louis Post-Dispatch.) Miss Mabel Wilber, in the leading soprano role of Daisy the Barmaid, later Little Boy Blue, sang well and wore several mas-culine costumes which showed her versatility. * * * A Warm Proposition (San Francisco Chronicle.) Young man, 28, wishes the acquaintance of a lonely, stout lady; object mat. Box 500, Chronicle Branch, San Jose. * * * Hand In Hand (From the Bald Knob, Ark., Eagle.) A jolly bunch of our young people went on a kodaking expedi-tion Sunday that resulted in many exposures and a very enjoy-able time. * * * Like Dimples, They Come High (From the Graceville, Minn., Enterprise.) Born—To Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Heimann, Sunday, August 7th, a son. You can get one this month only for $40.00. See Chris. Nelson, The Tailor. * * * The timid girl appreciates the sympathy that makes a man feel for her in the dark.