Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, July 1922 · page 36 of 67
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #35 — page 36: what you’re looking at
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This page contains no cartoon—it's a collection of moralizing aphorisms typical of *Whiz Bang*, a humor and wisdom magazine. The text preaches compassion for social outcasts: "fallen women" condemned by their own sex, and drunken men mocked by peers. The underlying social critique addresses early 20th-century hypocrisy—how the poor and desperate faced double punishment (legal and social), while those with advantages showed little Christian charity. References to "the drunken man" and "fallen woman" suggest Prohibition-era concerns and attitudes toward moral failings. Later sections warn about gossip, betrayal by confidants, and the destructive power of rejected love and wounded pride. The overall message advocates kindness toward those who've stumbled, treating them with dignity rather than cruelty. This reflects contemporary Progressive-era social reform sentiment.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 35 Poor fellow! At a time when he needed help most, it was farthest away. They wanted to add insult to injury and have him pinched. Alas for the rarity of Christian charity! A fallen woman is unmercifully censured by her own sex, the drunken man ridiculed and made a butt of by his fellow men. Every day there's a chance to help some- body—let's all do it now. If we're better than other people it's because we've all had a better chance. The way to ruin a man is to run him down and kick him after he falls. The way to help him is to hope for the best in him and lend him a hand. “Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.” * * * The most depressing thing that befalls any of us is when we see a smile commit suicide on the face of a pretty woman. * * * If you give a stranger the right of entry into the sanctuary of your home, you have placed yourself and your home at his mercy; even though he may be your best friend. * * * Thwarted love and mortified vanity are the greatest of all the babblers of other people's secrets. They act by the same law as does the fury of the woman scorned. * * * Isn't it monstrous how people go about say- ing things about us behind our backs that are