Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, April 1923 · page 29 of 68
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This is a humor/joke page from an early 20th-century satirical magazine. The content consists of brief comedic anecdotes and observations about relationships and social behavior, arranged without accompanying illustrations despite the page number suggesting visual content. The jokes play on marital infidelity, class dynamics, and gender relations typical of the era's "men's humor" magazines. A woman mistakenly calls her rent-paying boyfriend by another man's name, confusing holiday schedules. Another anecdote contrasts a French romantic with an American "Doughboy" soldier—likely referencing WWI-era cultural attitudes. The verses mock rural life and contain puns ("hephyr/dephyr"). Final quips suggest cynicism about female modesty and the dangers of flirtatiousness. The humor relies on period-specific assumptions about courtship, infidelity, and working-class morality that modern readers would find dated or offensive.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 29 Another Abrupt Finish Holiday times, with their Easter Mondays and Good Fri- days and what not, are dreadfully confusing to the mind. Take the case of the poor little woman, who hearing a manly footstep on the landing called softly: “Come in, George.” “What do you mean, and who are you calling ‘George?’ ” sourly demanded the visitor, whose name was Tom, and whose money paid the rent. And before she could stop herself, the poor girl blurted out: “Well, ain’t I a silly! I keep thinking it’s Monday!” * * * If I were a blossom and you were the breeze, I’d nod you a welcome of fragrant delight; You’d kiss me—I know it with cool careless ease That lingers long after a blossom’s good-night. * * * The Frenchman kneeled before the girl and kissed her finger- tips, but she fell for the Doughboy that soon came by and kissed her dainty lips. * * * We Still Like the Amiable Heifer A farmer once called his cow Zephyr, She seemed such an amiable hephyr, When the farmer drew near, She kicked off his ear, And now the old farmer’s much dephyr. * * * The girl who looks and drops her eyes is very probably more dangerous than the one with the game goo-goo. * * * As he walked with her baby, He had to confess That marriage with him, Was a howling success. * * * A fur collar on an overcoat is no evidence of a clean underskirt.