The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-14
About Laughter.
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A really musical laugh is perhaps rarer than Q really musical voice. The giggle, the snigger, the half-choked laugh are common enough but how seldom do we hear that melodious sound, the laugh in its perfection. It should not be shril, nor too loud, nor too long. It should no, bear any double meaning. any hidden sarcasm in its mirth. It should not be so boisterous as to exhaust the laughter and deafen the listeners.
 There is the loud guffaw of the vulgar, and the laughter which appears likely to tear the laughter in pieces, causing him to wipe his eyes afer the explosion is over. There is the laugh of embzrrass- ment, when a shy person at loss what to say next, remarks to be-" as Artemus Ward describes it There is the school girls giggle and the schoolboy's snig- gle, as he reflects on some recently-per- petrated, but still recollected, piece oi mischief. There is the chuckle of the successful man.
 All these laughs bear some family re- semblance to each other they all, in their degree, express sensations of pleas use. There are darker descriptions of laughter. There are laughs more cutting than the bitterest speeches, more alarm ing than the cTuelest threats. Saiiricai laughter is most offensive. A laugh can convey contempt which words would fail to express.
 ls sny one psoofagainss being annoyed by ridicule1 Even . dog is sensible when he is laughed at, and resents the impextinence. Some animals are indeed quise e sensitive to derision as human beineA The laughter of the undezbred which 6sds open amssement in the minor troubles q thsir neighboss- the ridiculs lavished on sea-sick arrivals as pier, or on hapless foreisners in an altercatioa with cahman, or an old gentleman who falls down | slide--also Tanks among the z laughs offensive"
 Thsa thsss is the lasgh q iscredulisy. When Tom goes to his rich old uncle, Iud of slewng dncip6sas ot the per- Sectons of the lady to whom he is en- gAeed, og of the appointment he expects b obtain, does the old gentleman damp his nephsw's ardor by losg harangue No, be only give dry laugh and rom's hspes o( . check tall rapidly.
 Too rare lAoghen gre a unpopular as too ready ones. A teller of good stories never foreives tis nan who doss not laugh at his jokes. Maay pessens have msae tAeix Sostnnss hy kughing q judi- c,ous momens; applsuding some poss jss, or becoming coavuised wish miTth q dun pun. To be dnly appeeciasivs oa his patroas vit vas n imporsans pass q tAe duey ef . hasgsr-oa. Wifh vhai ready hughasT are schooimaaa's wit dcisms received by his ciass.
 Thssc is . spsy of . dE1matc authos, whsse paay hAd beea accsFsed, being re- questsd to mahs suadsy alsezafioas to suit the taste e the aeiou. Among oshsz eAaaess, the nanaees saeeessss thae lAa9A sAeuld bs inuoducsd q ths coac3nsies of . spsscA ef n out- g iAg psEfnrm9. It voald give him . be<ax exit" The aa1hor pleadod shas te admit this alteration would spoil the vhoas dialogue, bat the manager vas urgent ssili. Think t oyer, and do what yoa can, B-'s position in the theatre 6enaads 1t 1 When lzaghs are thus prised t is not woodezfnl that pessons who rarely use their risible muscles gre nnnooulaY