Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, May 1922 · page 62 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #33 — page 62: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine *Captain Billy's Whiz Bang* collects humorous poems and quips typical of 1920s American humor. The content reflects post-WWI social anxieties and changing morality: **Key themes:** - **"Only a Milkman's Daughter"** and **"Never Walk, Girls, Unless"**: Mock warnings about women's behavior and modernity—girls walking alone or riding in automobiles were controversial. The "tack in your sock" joke suggests discomfort/consequences. - **"Morals and wine and jass music"**: References Jazz Age excess; personifying "morals" as corrupted by modern pleasures reflects conservative anxiety about Prohibition-era behavior. - **"With the Lips Only"**: A cautionary poem about romantic restraint disguised as practical advice—likely references anxieties about changing courtship norms. - **"Switchman" anecdote**: Dark humor about utilitarian tragedy (killing eighty to save one child). - **Eve/liquor closing**: A Prohibition-era joke implying women pose moral dangers comparable to alcohol—both seen as corrupting influences. The overall tone: irreverent, sexually suggestive, anti-moralist satire aimed at adult male readers.
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60 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Only a Milkman's Daughter The snow and sleet were falling fast, As by my door she swiftly passed; I saw her pass on in the gale; I saw her fall, and bust her pail. * * * Never Walk, Girls, Unless— It's easy to sit in your auto And counsel the girls who would walk, But get out and run And you'll soon change your fun When you feel the tack in your sock. * * * Morals and wine and jass music, Went out for a lark one night; Jass music and wine are looking fine, But morals an awful sight. * * * With the Lips Only Young man, If you try to eat honey On the blade of a knife You will cut yourself. If you try to taste honey On the kiss of a woman, Taste with the lips only; If not, young man, You will bite your own heart. * * * Out on the air the cry rang wild: “Switchman, switchman, save my child!” He threw the switch in the bat of a lid, Killed eighty people, but saved the kid. * * * If Eve tempted Adam with an apple, what could she do nowadays with a good drink of liquor?