Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-01
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Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone:
For the sad old earth,
Must borrow her mirth-
She has grief enough OF her own,

For the sad old earth,
Must borrow her mirth-
She has grief enough OF her own.
The above from can old play" works very
well for sentiment and as a theorem, but in
every day practical life, it is not infsllible.
Indeed, the exceptions are so many and the
"ifs" and lands" that plaster it all over, so
thick, that 1t is safe to say, the member of
the old school who penned IL was either hi
larious over an over dose of wine or had Just
witnessed "Casey's Troubles" in all its gro
tesqueness. Grief is not always Stunned by
those not directly interested. neither is a
laugh contagious. have seen grief ameii-
GRATED by pure and honest coincidence. and
then, on the other hand, I have seen grief
and anger caused by the hoarse and untimely
gruffaw of some fool who, like Eggleson's
"Betsy Short" takes life as whole, huge
joke, and can see something facetious at a
mothers funeral. A laugh, like every other
act or matter that goes to make up this vii
lage, is allright-in its place, but an instru-
ment Of trouble when crowding something
else TO one side.
"Laugh, and the world laugh with you,'
has many provisos to be fulfilled before its
truthfulness can be established.
Styles of laughing are as varied as the
shells on the sea shore. All laughs make a
noise and, like peop ple, there are no two eX-
actly alike. However certain ones may en-
deavor to be initiated by others, it is an ac-
knowledged fact that a laugh is direct from
the heart and hence, inimitable. It is natu-
raj to laugh. The nude natives of Zauzebarr
I'll ott Ill h. ~ - a.
missionary who wished to guide them in
that narrow path, between nibbles, emit q
strange sort Of cackle which, when translated
means 'laugh." They did not acquire it
from the missionary, for missionaries don't
laugh, It is simply an index pointing to the
true condition of the heart, and when this
index is tampered with, we find something
abortive.
A musical laugh is coveted and often emu
lated but never with complete success. If
you possess noise that knocks harshly on
the tympanum of others, it is not your
fault but others misfortune.
As citation of the great variety of laughs,
each one differing from the other, will
mention few in our midst, though it would
not be polite to designate those acquired or
natural. Laughs are subject to changes or
amendments as ones folly is discovered,
therefore I refe- to the following as the
acme attained after years of attention to
secure the one dictated by the owners taste;
and said taste is not to be questioned.
The laugh at date of writing utilized by
Edw. Fresse Allen is produced in sections,
each consisting of several alternate expan-
sions and contractions of the lungs, which
eventually merge through the trachea, wind
AnIo EINf ofr
ing the atmosphere with thud of relief re.
sembling an escape valve in full play. Jerry
Pluck Belknap owns a first mortgage with
accrued interest of manya years on the same
noise for manifesting his glee. They are
both characteristic, eccentric and musical
five minutes afterward.
"Doc." Mambrino Teeple laughs-so does
Francis Ulrich. People several blocks of are
not compelled to ring up to find whether the
same is true or not. With good pair Of
lungs for backing-with no particular desire
to hide their talents under a bushel, roar
Is produced which, when at its best, puts a
boiler factory to shame, making the guilty
tremble and the innocent sing praises OF
Gabrie's arrival with his tuba player.
Drs. Ann Foust and Arbor Harrison have
brought from Michigan an agreeable though
not voluminous bray, as souvenir. 1t re-
sembles at times q college war cry which
gradually subsiding, is lost in a heavy
loaded with trouble, sigh. Their laughs
differ but little, the only distinction being
at the close, where Ann gives it the rising
while Arbor punctuates his with the falling
infection. 49,.
frankie Dove Wilson don't laugh, /. e.,
not lately. There is legend afoat that
many moons ago he was occasionally de-
tected throwing away time in making out.
ward manifestations of mirth but it was
long, very long ago. That same legend is
authority that the Doves COO was intensely
classical, SO much so that associates were
enamoured of it and like that flower in Lallah
Rookh-it faded and died.
Doctor Marvin has also laid his laugh on
the shelf as cumbersome nuisance.
art N. d B. Dawson" manipulates hap
py, rollicking, go-as-you- please cackle that
deludes the bearers into the belief that 1t is
best to join the chorus--or run, with the lat.
ter choice several laps in the lead. Among
the ''gurls" "Artie's" laugh is quoted at l0l
cents on the dollar.
Jim Shay laughs on the installment plan
| payable long time.
The laugh for which Lawyer Charles
Frease holds an abstract of title and deed, il
one among nation and which will never be
confounded with said people, composing said
nation, to-wit: etc. 1t is composed oi
isolated ha-ha's with a true legal ring.
WE. Scott Ditch Baum laughs tenor on the
start but the wind up is purely alto.
AL. Yeager seldom makes much ostentatior
when tickled, but I fancy real spontaneous
laugh from his Yeagership would set the
wild echoes flying. Frosty Fisk laughs 6
rich contralto that defes competition, while
liam" Baum moves along in the same chan
mel minus the facial expression.
All of the mentioned are above par and
will readily pass muster. But for laugh.
ing pure and musical the feminine gender
has a copyright. This is owing to the true
axiom "Practice makes perfect" Actresses
pose before the mirror for hours until Ger.
tain captivating posture, or expression, OF
| laugh be ACQUIRED, SO do the generality OF
vomankind. The confession of Mrs. Langtry
that woman never does anything uncon.
sciously, will hold good in regard to the
stereotyped though pleasing laugh which
every girl owns and is proud of. The latest
| fad among Napoleon's fair ones is to merely
run the scale several times. A novice car
stop but at either do, while connoisseul
readily winds up gracefully in the middle ol
either upward or downward trip. This des.
cription may be little ambiguous, but stoI
| a moment and listen to one of those mirth.
full, mellow ripples and then by comparison
with the first steps in music, see if my simile
is altogether devoid of perspicuity.
Talking of running ''the scale" is sugges.
tive of choirs.
Choirs are queer organizations, if such they
are. Talk about poets possessing license
Show me choir that does not usurp privi
leges that even Cardinal or Pope is denied
They talk, snicker and have a good time
penerally all during service espeCially