Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, April 1923 · page 62 of 68
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This page from the satirical magazine contains several short jokes typical of 1920s humor: **"Somebody's Been Peeping"**: A roommate joke playing on the surprise of seeing a familiar neighbor transformed by formal dress—implying she looks more attractive when dressed up than in everyday appearance. **"Tableau"**: A risqué scene (credited to Dartmouth College Paper) depicting a romantic midnight encounter between a man and woman in a nightgown. The humor lies in the man's restraint—he exits to smoke rather than act on the moment, addressing her as "brother" adding an absurdist punchline. **"Gus' Latest Spasm"**: A limerick mocking a Chicago preacher who condemns girls wearing aprons and caps as worse than cats. The joke's counterargument: cats sit on governors' laps, suggesting the preacher's moral judgment is misplaced. **"Dedicated to a Tropical Tart"**: A crude rhyming joke about a woman wearing less clothing as she travels to warmer locations—implying progressive undressing correlates with climate. The content reflects typical 1920s male-oriented humor: flirtation, mild sexual innuendo, and mockery of moral authority.
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62 Captain Billy's Whiz Bang Somebody's Been Peeping First Roomer—"Say, who's that swell dame you just said hello to?" Second Roomer—"Why, she's the girl who lives across the street from us." First Roomer—"Huh, I didn't recognize her all dressed up that way." * * * Tableau (Dartmouth College Paper) It was midnight she leaned over the banisters and kissed him, she was in a nightgown and looked very beautiful to him. He said, "You : n along upstairs, I'm going to smoke a cigar." "All right," she answered, "Good-night, brother." * * * Olaf says he likes custard pie but when he eats it he always musses up his ears. * * * Gus' Latest Spasm In Chicago there is a preacher chap Who says that a girl who wears apron and cap Is worse off than a cat; I don't know about that; For a cat often sits on the governor's lap. * * * I told Gus I started in life as a barefooted boy, and he replied, "Well, I wasn't born with shoes on either." * * * Dedicated to a Tropical Tart When she goes to the Bahamas She wears silk pajamas When she goes to Bermuda She is even nuder