The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-27
~ J-XEs CAN BE FOUND.
s..der;s Prove That "ln Days of Old
p,m,sss They Told Same Thing"

Is..1er,s Prove That "In Days of Old
sarssss They Told Same Thing"
,r.har scientist has come forward
r.. s.3t..i1g array OF facts to
...-. +. Tie funny men that their wit
-ms are older than all the hills
rut together
vor long ago some German savant
.,-carsrgJ some Chaldean inscrip-
80 which. when translated. were
= 10 be stories with which read
- Of the comic papers today are
E. or less familiar. One was of a
j. brain wandered from some remote
Eroyjrce who asked a distinguished
.oostrg man at a great feast given
1y -ta king, who a certain hOmely-
t6oa-z woman was. That" said
h distinguished looking man. ''is
rv sister, 20. no put in me
s.an.ar hastily and in great confu-
Elm y mean that demonstrating
.u,a-are sanding next to her"
.Tta- said the Chaldean, is my
And NOW comes Professor Francis
N Le. -ao Instructor Of history in
-4 Boss High school in Philadelphia
rrh long list Of joEes exhuned
from rha Gea3 ana r1culdy past. and
.rgfrl BE- thinks proves cOnclusively
he old the0 that there were only
thirteen original jokes and that all
.ae res are merely some form Of the
original thirteen, says the Chicago
Tribune.
The weIl-known sarcasm, Does
nlr mother know you're out?" is
said to have its original in the Roman
poet Horace
The expression. He doesn't know
-ugh to come in out Of the wet"
| .-ts a curious parallel in this ancient
-acdore from StrabO. a Greek writer
71o lived at the time of Christ. The
habtauts Of Cyme had raised some
money by mortgagjng one Of their
public arcades. But as the loan was
.~ repaid the mOrtgaGees took pos
s@.ou Of The property, good natured-
+ .etiug people take shelter there
TIN = rained
Il This was announced by crier who
Did oUt. Come under shelter"
Il s,e q story arose that the people
-. stupid that they didn't know
II &c seek shelter unless they
eof
JOKE CT the occupation and pro-
ssjo1s are common in all nations
tl early times.
Tie physician is always harj hit.
as b. is today. TESTS on relationship
are quite common. and the mother-in-
aT seems 10 have been just as unpop-
Ja' in antiquity as She is today.
Witness the following story from
Pa2rlh the author of the Lives. y
4 nan, angry at a dog. picked up a
s,o,e and threw it at the animal. He
Missed the dog and happened TO hit
BIS norhcr-in-law, who was standing
LEA. WhereupOn he turned to the
y@aIIvrs and remarked, Not so bad
after ALL"
Some Of the slurs at physicians
aT laraCteriZed by an almost Amer
~aL eI-rayagapce. Here aco two or
-.-e from the collection O. lls--:
~. as the Greek Anthology:
sN2ias. the Spartan gel =,
.-e- asked why he spoke evil Of a
ootor whom he haQ never cons ulted,
san. If I had consulted MIN l
shouldn't now be speaking either
goo or evil about anybody"
oaroers were equally hard hit in
--71 times. and their talkativeness
Va. Just as irksOme as it is today.
horace, the Roman poet, in men
ing a piece of gossip, says it was
N.Y. os- A1owu in the barber shops, and
..-.5s.l tells of a barber VINO, trim
S the beard of a certain King
.]..-f.2uE asked. How shall l cut
IT, Silence" replied the king.
Even the milkman and the watered
~. joke has its ancient prototype
~ d. ~..-ram by Martial, who wrote
49, .~- -r-J century Of the Christian
-. IL ACT he hints at many ideas
. nave done service in modern
s II subjects Of jokes.
particularly hard on women
rs" cosmetics to heighten their
-~s harms and who lie about
-.. the famous orator, on a GER
...a5 on. when he heard Fabia,
:. prominent woman Of fashion say
~. vas 81 years old, slyly remarked,
IA, $ true, for I've heard her say
i LOT the last twenty years"
o. Greek epigram tells of an un-
:, lg-1aed scandal in this fashion,:
, (.--g say, Nicylla, that you dye
~" Dair. What nonsense! Why,
~ as .ack as can be bought in the
o-e Of the most surprising modern
w.. les to be found in any ancient
..-,-E IS the account given in Alciph,
, ~. a Greek writer of the second
''~l1fE A D., of a "Rube' who was
"a