Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-08-25
THE WAYS WELAUGH
THEY DIFFER AS MUCH As 90 OUR
VOICES OR OUR FACES
While Wen Commonly Use the 4 and
O style. Women Usually Indulge In
the a and 1 Brand-A Laugh That
Won Napoleon n Battle.

While Meu Commonly Nse the - eAN
% STYLE. Women Usually Indulge In
the 4 and 1 Brand-A Laugh That
Won Napoleon n Battle.
Since the days Of Adam. who is said
to have invented laughter when he
awoke and saw Eve by his side, no
Two people have laughed alike. The
laugh is us distinct Us the voice.
| Women laugh differently from men,
children from women. indeed. even
the laugh Of full bearded man IS diI-
frrcut from that which lac laughs when
he has shaved.
The. Al,l,. uamascenl thought he had
discovered In the various enunciatohs
Of laughter sure guide 10 the TEN
peramcnts Of the laughcrs. Thus he
said "Ha, la. har' belonged TO
cholcric person He. hc. lac" 10
phlegmatic one. and "Ilo, no! no." 10
the sauguinr Aud 1t Is Il scientlnc
fact that. while men commonly laugh
in \ and o. women usually laugh In
l. and |.
Those who practice laughing to any
extent have been divided wittily into
dimplers- and to know how charming
they can be one has only to go back to
Charles Rcade's "Simpleton With a
Dimple"- smilcrs, grinncrs, horse
laughers and sncercrs This is to lay
down a science of laughing, for which
there might have been need had our
generals in the late war taken up the
idea Of old Rulow. who proposed 10
form troops. in face of the enemy, In
line Of battle and order them to adj
vance with their arms at shoulder
and salute the foe with ringing bursts
of laughter.
"Be sure" said Bulow, that your
opponents, surprised aud dismayed at
this astonishing salute. would turn
about and run Off"
Perhaps this scheme would not work
now. while the present long range ar
tillery is used: but, as II matter Of fact
1t IS related that the Mamelukes once
turned tail from an assault upon the
French in Egypt on hearing the roar
OF laughter with which Napoleon's
veterans greeted the command, Form
In squares. asses and men of science
In the center.
Great men often have fanclcd II q
part Of greatness to refrain from hilar
lty. Philip " Of Spain is said to hay,
laughed only once IN his life. Thai
WAS when his bride, Anne of Austria
wept ut hearing that the queens OF
Spain had no feet. She took with Ger
mau literalness an old piece of Spanish
courtesy. AS she was journcying TO
ward Spain some German nuns me
her and desired to present some stock
inEs Of their own knitting. The worth,
princess was about to accept the gif
when 4 Spanish grandee Of her suit in
tcrfcr"d with the remark that It woul,
be against etiquette, rs the queens o
Spain were not supposed to have an,
use for stockings, whereat the princes
. began to weep, understanding. poo
, woman. that on her arrival In SPAN
: her feet would be cut off.
Lord Chesterfield said. "Nobody Ia
seen me laugh since have come to IN
! reason and COnsrcye makes his Lor,
: FrOth in the double Dealer" say
} when laugh. | always laugh alone
. Young people and fools laugh easily
says an old proverb. which often ha
! proved true.
l Nevertheless the singer Robert CAV
: lessons in laughter in Paris and In Lor
t don in 1905. and, SO far at least A
+ filling his own purse went. with sue
4 cess. He held that men and wome
= could not laugh "deccntly and sy.
Z tematically" without proper tralnu
r ana said that person who could laug
only in one tone seemed to him Ill,
!. one who could say only oui and MOI
but that trained laughter should {.
Z press many things.
n 1t Is curious fact that ii is onl
+ among the French ana among the AZ
n clients that We read of people laughiu
themselves to death. We IN our day
. must have either more jokes or dul
: CT appreciation of wit. XcuXlS is sal
a to have died of laughing Mt pantiu
a Philemon expired laughing ut donkc
8 who ate so contentedly the phllos,
pliers figs that, with his last artIculat
Y breath. he sent out his last glass {
wine to the beast, who drank it wit
+ equal enjoyment and thus proved hin
Il self, 1t would seem. not such donkc
It after all.
T. 1t remains true. however, that laugl
r ter Is good for the health. Laugh IN
s grow fat" Is the old provcrb. Sydel
S ham maintained that the arrival of
Il clown in village was as wholcsom
as that Of 20 donkeys laden with drug
Tissot. the famous French physician
Il cured consumption and liver con
n plants by causing his patients
~ laugh, and Erasmus. through immodr
,s ate laughter at the rude Latin of Iiu
~ tens Letters of Obscure Men" brol
an internal abscess which had lor
,, plagued him.
I when man smiles. and much MOI
II when he laughs, it adds something
% his fragment of life" said Stcruc, wi
" wished laughter enumerated in the III
term medlca. holding 1t us a curati,
! of the same kind as coughing. snpc
Ing and perhaps vomiting, only mut
pleasantcr than any Of these.
w Why Should He Be Annoyed?
According to the news columns
various papers President Mckinley h;
been greatly annoyed while on his on
-. ing at Lake Champlain by kodd
In tiends, who persisted in getting sni
st shots of him on every possible occ
20 sion. Some have suggested that Il
~ offenders should be punished for di