Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, April 1923 · page 37 of 68
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #44 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page contains four separate humorous observations typical of 1920s satirical magazines. The first section (partially visible) describes Prohibition-era behavior—people avoiding saloons "like a bootlegger past an income tax collector" during Prohibition, instead frequenting other establishments. The remaining three pieces are brief satirical takes on contemporary social issues: 1. **Women's psychology**: A tongue-in-cheek claim that women are simple—they do what they want, listen to what interests them, and speak freely. 2. **Marriage costs**: A joke that while marriage is expensive, it's cheaper than courting. 3. **Gossip origins**: A jab at married men who tell their wives secrets "in the strictest confidence," only for wives to spread them publicly the next day. These pieces reflect 1920s attitudes toward gender roles, Prohibition, and marital dynamics—presented as witty observations rather than serious commentary.
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Captain Billy's Whiz Bang 37 gusto and spontaneous enthusiasm as they roll along: “In the land of the stew, And the home of the rave.” They go past a saloon like a bootlegger past an income tax collector, and now only stop at ice cream parlors, pool rooms, barber shop, cigar stores, drug stores, grocery stores, shoe-maker shops, tailor shops, banks, tanks, garages, office buildings, dance halls, lunch rooms, social clubs and town halls. * * * USELESS volumes have been written on the psychology of women—useless, because the psychology of women is really quite simple. That which they want to do they do; that which they want to hear they listen to; and that which they want to say they say. Behold, there it is in a sentence! * * * MARRIAGE may be more expensive than keeping single—nobody believes now in that cold-blooded lie about enough for one being enough for two—but, all the same, it’s a darn sight cheaper than rushing a sweetheart. * * * IT IS safe to lay down as a truism that all gossip originates with married men, who tell their wives the spicy stuff in the strict-est confidence before falling asleep. The strict-est confidence end of it is faithfully kept until the next afternoon and then—zip!