Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, May 1922 · page 60 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #33 — page 60: what you’re looking at
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This page contains joke collections rather than traditional cartoons. The humor reflects 1920s American attitudes: **"Tony" joke**: Satirizes modern, legally-educated women ("modern miss") by showing a woman charging a man with "petty larceny" for stealing a kiss—absurdly legalistic about romance. His response reframes it as "grand" (felony-level), a playful reversal. **"Speaking of Knees"**: References the then-scandalous exposure of women's knees as hemlines rose during the 1920s. Wind revealing legs was considered risqué. **"King George/Olaf" joke**: Appears to mock a hired man named Olaf (likely Scandinavian immigrant), with "Order of the Bath" being a British honor. The joke seems to suggest Olaf is dirty or undeserving—playing on ethnic stereotypes common to the era. **Overall tone**: Lighthearted, somewhat risqué for the period, with casual sexism and ethnic humor typical of 1920s American magazines targeting male readers.
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58 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Another Jack-Pine Song Some like the girl that is pretty in the face, Others like the girl that is slim about the waist, But I like the girl that'll always sit still, And pucker up her lips like a whip-poor-will. * * * Tony was a modern miss—well versed in law was she; She charged him, when he stole a kiss, with petty larceny. For a moment he was quite abashed, and then he squeezed her hand, “You’re wrong, dear, quite wrong,” he said, “not petty; that was grand!” * * * Most things may be good without being new. There are exceptions—eggs, for example, and babies. * * * Advice to husbands—Never talk in your sleep, unless you are sure what you are going to say. * * * Chick! Chick! Chick! Now let’s sing that latest song, “I wish I was a worm so the chickens would chase me.” That’s a scratchy one. * * * The best paid profession in the world is literature— if the author doesn’t starve. * * * Speaking of Knees When the hard wind blows the girlie shows if Nature bestows her knocks or bows. * * * We hope King George won’t confer the Order of the Bath on Olaf, our new hired man.