The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-02
BITS OF UNCONSCIOUS
HUMOR.

Nothing has added more to the mer-
riment Of the world than the uninten-
tional, unconscious hunor of writers,
public speakers and, in fact, all class
es and conditions of men and women
And there is none so delightful. 1t far
exceeds in mirth-provoking quality the
cold looded hun1or of the professional
wits. We Americans are a fun-loving
people, and we must and will have our
jolIity Some one has said with GER
ergy and unrest, we are not a duh,
cherries people. Sour-faced fellows,
yellow and dyspeptic, are to be met
with in our cars and on our streets,
but they are not the type of the Amer
lean, for he is as ready for a laugh
as for a speculation, as fond of joke
as an Office
And the joke is all the more enjoy
able when it is spontaneous. The great
er the stress and strain of life the
greater the need and demand for hui
NOR, and no one depreciates the value
of humor excepting those who have
none of this good gift to their portion.
Sunset Cex, one Of the wittiest men
of his day, says in his book, why We
laugh Eliminate from the litera-
ture and conduct OF any one people
the amusing and the amused faculty.
and you produce a sterility as dull and
uninteresting as the cinders and ashes
of the volcanic fields of Iceland. But
include the amusing element within
the experience and history of mankind,
and no description of luxuriance, with
grape, olive nectarine and orange, such
as makes the wales of Portugal a per-
ennial smile is adequate to emphasize
the contrast
One could not well instance more
amusing blunder than that in a paint
ing Of the Blessed Virgin" in an old
church in Spain. In this painting the
Virgin is represented as sitting on a
red velvet sofa fondling a cat with one
hand, while with me other she is pour
ing coffee from a silver coffee pot.
This is as amusing as a painting in a |
German church representing the sac
rifice of Isaac by Abraham. In this !
painting Abraham is about to dis |
charge huge pistol at Isaac when an |
angel descends and pours a pitcher OF
water on the pan of the pistol, thereby !
saving Isaac. The writer once saw |
crude painting of King Herod with a /
pair of spectacles painted On his nose. |
There is a very old painting of 81. |
Peter denying the Savior, and several |
Of the Roman soldiers in the back |
ground have pipes in their mouths!
Those who are on the lookout for |
them will find many amusing plumbers
in the daily papers and in periodicals +
of all kinds. It was but the other day
that the writer saw Miss Fanny Cros-
by referred to in religious paper as
the author of so many blind poems"
And it was great metropolitan daily
that one morning gave its readers the
following information regarding the
wrecking of ship the night before:
The Captain swan ashore and sue
,eeded in saving the life of his wife.
She was insured in the Northern Ma
inc Insurance Company and carried
cargo of cement" Equally amusing
Is an instance of unconscious humor
vas the statement made by another
,aper regarding the capsizing Of a boat
t sea. It said that but one life was
ost, and that was found afterward."
He must be sadly deficient in humor
yho does not find himself amused by a
ign like the following, seen in the
window ola shoemak er: ANY re- | ;
pectabIe man, woman or child can