The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-24
woMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
The Sense of Humor as Displayed by Men
and Women.

The Sense of Humor as Displayed by Men
and Women.
Women may we'll envy men one quail |
ity, and that is their lively, jolly sense |
of humor. No matter how hard and
stupid their work is, there Is seldom
moment but that at flash OF humor
they will light up and laugh all over
and in that laugh the WEAKNESS passes
off. For this reason l have always
liked to work in an Office where men
are. Sometimes when l am all tagged
out, and have not an idea in my head,
newspaper man will suddenly be re-
minded of a joke. Newspaper mems
Jokes are not old chestnuts, by the way,
either, but the best and brightest The
man tells his story; then another witty
fellow makes some absurd remark ana
a mild roar vibrates through the room.
I know it does me great amount or
good, that minute or two Of nonsense,
and can go back to work again. re-
member the story. l find myself DAY
or two later in q company OF women
ready to yawn in one anothers faces
for ennui. That was an intensely
funny story when l heard it in the
newspaper office; it made all of us laugh
till our muscles were shaken up. try
it on the company of women, thinking
to relieve the monotony. What hap
pens? One smiles little conventional
wooden smile, two or three venerable
tabbies eye me with severe disapproval,
and one or two probably murmur, 81
don't see anything funny about that"
The rest simply look puzzled. believe
on my soul that after they have passed
the giggling schoolgirl age half the
we'll bred women in the world think 1t
is not quite ladylike to laugh. Some
times I don't wonder that men find the
company of their own wives dreary
bore. Some admirable husbands have
| confessed to me that they found their
own wives rather slow just because the
| dear creatures never could see joke,
and for this reason if for no other there
was good deal more fun in stag
racket" Women miss half the fun OF
| the world and it is their own fault.
They often complain that men have so
| much better times than they have. This
is true, but honestly believe much of
it is owing to the fact that women are
so destitute of humor. 1t is something
they can cultivate, though, and they
ought to do it. Two good laughs are
better than gown from Worth.
Not woman on the national commit.
tee of the Peoples party! What does
this mean? Women, eloquent, splendid
women, helped to found the Peoples
party. Where are brilliant, logical
Mary Lease and Annie Diggs, who de-
feated Senator Ingalls,? Where is Mrs
Emery, of whose book, Seven F1nan
cial Conspiracies, Governor st. John
| of Kansas, says, 81 learned more in re-
lation to the financial history Of oul
country during the past thirty years
from it than | had ever known before.
Where are bright, gentle Marion Todc
and that southern woman, Betty Gay
who has shown her executive ability
by the success with which she managed
her own financial affairs? Answer m'
these questions, o Peoples partyl
The Peoples party put into its plat
form the demand for equal rights TO
men and women.
Gladstone's majorities in the British
elections are by no means so large a
the G.. o. M. expected. It serves hin
right. If he had not written that lette
against woman suffrage the ladies o
the Liberal party would have entere'
into the campaign with all their WON
ans enthusiasm and helped him roll u
a. great majority. As it was, Liberia
ladies in some cases actually worke
against Liberal candidates known to b
opposed to woman suffrage. Wome
are learning.
Mrs. Emma s. Hutchins, a successful
artist, urges ON all women who take u
drawing the necessity of copying fror
nature alone. They will learn to loo
on outdoor life with different eyes an
will gain richly in knowledge. To cop
from chromos is no better than maxim
tissue paper roses and Noah's ark sheel
| The only real art development IS