Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-04-15
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WHAT Is MEANT BY WIT
Sparks Of Fun From the Fire o,
Genius.

London Tid-Bits recently offered a
cash prize for the best definition of
"Wit." The prize now jingles in the
pocket of Mr.. III. NJ. Adam Of Aberdeen,
Scotland. This is Mr.. Adams deiini.
ton:
"Witis the power to say what every.
body else was just going to have said,
ii they had happened to think Of it,"
The following are some OF the best
definitions submitted:
The sunshine of mirth bursting
through the clouds of gravity and rc-
fiecting everywhere its sparkle OF mcr.
riment.
Wit is the weapon of the wise, the
idol of the fool.
A gem of humor in a setting OF re-
finement.
Wit is the sweet accomplishment
which makes an orator popular, n call.
er welcome and lover successful.
An arrow from the bow OF intellect.
The offspring Of ingenious thought
with accommodating language.
The friction-fash of humor and
ability.
What should be used to season, not
to extinguish common sense.
A piquant sauce for the feast OF rea.
son.
Wit is the expression OF thought
which. by its originality and fitness,
creates spontaneous mirth.
Brain sauce.
Intellectual lightning from the
thunder-clouds of talent.
Wit is runaway knock At laughter's
door.
The root OF jest, the voice OF humor
and the spirit OF quick application.
Intelligent humor suitably applied.
An electric flash into the atmos.
phere of thought which few can strike
but all can see.
The lever of laughter.
A parcel of sense wrapped up in
nonsense and tied together with hui
NOR.
Apill consisting Of rudeness silvered.
Arrows from the culver OF genius.
A naturally domineering sprout Of
the plant of genius, which hourishes
only when fomented in the ho.house
of wisdom.
Wit is the mother OF ridicule.
Wit is the Hash given by intelligence
when struck by circumstances.
The reflection of truth and the mir
ror of fancy.
Wit is a sparkling gem which few
possess, but many think they own.
Wit is wisdom in merry humor.
A ray of light, the cardinal colors OF
which are wisdom, pleasure and sur.
prise.
The lightning flash Of humor sue
ceeded by the thunderclap Of hiIarity.
A trinity of mirth, wisdom and
brevity.
The art of combining sound and
sense to their mutual advantage.
Wit is the sparkle in the wine Of
conversation.
Wisdom at play.
A sudden rise in the temperature OF
humor which sets fire 10 explosive
mirth.
Wisdom in motley. .
Wit is the sparkling crest on q
breaking wave Of humor.
An intellectual lightning fash that
illuminates the mental armament,
evoking peals Of thunder.
The salt of conversation.
The most piquant sauce for a duh
dinner.
One OF natures gifts, enveloped In
humor, addressed with brevity, and do
livered at the proper time.
The greatest humor in the fewcst
words.
A lightning fash from the cloud OF
thought which illumines the world of
reason.
intellectually without verbosity.
An arrow Of humor ehot from the
bow of genius by the hand Of wisdom.
A lubricant, by the judicious uso OF
which the user moves through this
world with the least possible friction.
The refreshing tonic Of table talk.
The lava which comes from the
mouth of lively crater.
The fireworks department Of the
mind.
Wit is the spark struck from the an
vii of intellect by the hammer Of inn
agination.