Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, July 1922 · page 59 of 67
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This page from a 1920s satirical magazine presents gossip items and humor typical of the era: **Celebrity gossip**: Brief items mock show-business marriages, including Lillian Shaw's two-day marriage to manufacturer John Goldstein that ended in violence—satirizing hasty celebrity unions and domestic discord. **Wordplay jokes**: "Naw, Pa Won't Jam Ma" is a pun playing on "pajama" sounds; "Our Daily Hint to Olaf" appears to mock Scandinavian farm workers (common stereotypes then). **Sheriff anecdote**: A joke about an escaped prisoner the sheriff fails to recognize—playing on incompetence. **Final quip**: "The female of the species is more deadly for the specie than the male" puns on Kipling's phrase, replacing "peace" with "specie" (money), suggesting women are financially dangerous—reflecting period anxiety about women's economic independence and power. The tone is lighthearted, gossipy, and relies on contemporary celebrity knowledge and ethnic stereotypes now unfamiliar to modern readers.
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58 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang James Rennie were married the same day. Jealousy of her career is said to be the cause of “Connie’s” divorce action. * * * LILLIAN SHAW, a well known “single” in high class vaudeville houses, married John Goldstein, a San Francisco manufacturer, not so long ago. The couple lived together two days, struck each other (according to the evidence), and went their respective ways! * * * AUDREY MUNSON, considered the most perfect artist’s model in the world, will marry Joseph Stevenson, a contractor of Ann Arbor, Michigan, the lady announces. * * * Naw, Pa Won’t Jam Ma Pa likes jam, Ma loves lamb; If ma lams pa— Will pajama? * * * Our Daily Hint to Olaf You have spread enough around here, throw the fork on the wagon and drive on. * * * “His face looks familiar but I can’t seem to place him,” remarked the sheriff, as the escaped prisoner sauntered by. * * * The female of the species is more deadly for the specie than the male.