Originally Posted by
E6-B
I think it’s pretty obvious he didn’t mean ‘milk toast’. He’s using it as an adjective.
Besides t
he food writer M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992) called milk toast a "warm, mild, soothing thing, full of innocent strength". Hardly, the sentiment the author was going for.
you win. I’m not a scholar in early 20th century cartoons.