Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-02

Humorous QonceptIon
Mr. SKINNER was the editor a
humorous weekly. Re had q FeFy
easy time Of Il, for he cot = comforts.
BILE salary, and had nothing e Do tul
edit
As he had Just turned into Broadway
one morning, onthe Nrg "a bis o1ice.
paper was thrust ohis hand, on which
he read:
ROUND AND AROUND.
III seems to me. doctor. 4" aald old
Baggs, ..that your bill hes got aurpFis-
ingly roundP''
"Perhaps," said the doctor. ''bnt
you were got surprisingly around
too"
Looking up he saw an old gentleman
walking beside him.
The aged unknown bowed and nalds
clam the Embodiment 81 the Humor-
Gus Conception. SIR. -
Mr.. SKINNER said he was happy
etc.
Il think / could be useful to you Mr.
SKINNER said the Embodiment OF the
Humorous Conception.
..In.what wayP" asked the editor,
I'm the last number Of your paper"
pursued the Embodiment Of Humorous
Conception, '.you had this. and he
handed Mr. s. cutting;
On IL was:
ovERHEkRp AT LURAY.
Guide-I could tell you things about
this cave that would make your hair
stand on end, sir. --.s-.--
Tourist-I don't think 50.
Guide-You are very bravep
Tourist-I am totally bald.
'sWellp"
..Do you consider that humorous, Mr.
SKINNER"
"WeIl-n said the editor.
II hope for your own sake you 90
not"
III you know any thing about hui
NOR" said Mr.. Skinner. testify, ''you
must be aware that nothing Is more
difficult than to produce continuous
series OF short dialogues that are origi-
nal, pointed and amusing"
II know it fun we'll. StiIl, you
should not print q thing that Is not
original. pointed and amusing. Read
this, also from your paper
The Embodiment gave MIR. Skinner
another cutting.
The editor for the first time appre-
ciated the position of the doctor com
PEELED to swallow his own physic; He
read;
PECULIAR. VERY.
''You don't think much Of CallowP
Wouldn't believe him under oathI'
"But he's certainly candid He told
me he never spoke the truth. +"
.'Bahl he lied to you"
tsThat paragraph, dear editor, is not
original, nor pointed, nor amusing.
upon my word.
"The humorist, though" added the
Embodiment OF the Humorous Concep-
ton, "has one great dificulty to con-
tend with. On the stage it is permitted
to use old contrivances. The same
properties, the same tinsel, the same
lights, the same actors may be en-
ployed hundred times on the stage to
produce varying effects. The humorist,
on the contrary, must not only bring
forth entirely new creations at every
manifestation, but his material must be
wholly original as we'll as his produc-
tion. He may not employ the same
properties more than once
Then why your condemnationp
asked Mr., Skinner.
Because to be simply funny is not to
be humorous. Clowns and testers are
intended to provoke mirth. but the hui
morist should appeal to our intellect as
well as to our risibility. ?"
"Pll tell. you what I'll do, said Mr..
Skinner; "rll let you edit the paper
for awhile"
The offer was accepted.
At the end OF the first month the hui
morous weekly's circulation had drop
ped two-thirds.
Wen have to part, said Mr.. Skim
mer; ''rm being ruined
"The public must be educated up to
me" said the Embodiment Of Humor-
Gus Conception
ut would take a thousand years"
said Mr.. Skinner; ''you must goF'
4 So no went The best paragraph in
the next number Of the weekly was the
following;
THE.BEsT THING TO DO.
''Begorra, Mrs. Clancey, me ould
mans on tear"
Then let him rip, Mrs. Dennis. "
The paper is now provinga gold mine