Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-23

UNCONSCIOUS HuMoR THAT HELPS
TO PUT ePlcE IN LIFE.

Some Examples of DehghtfuI Incon-
gruities In Speaking, Writing and
Painting That Appeal Strongly to
the Sense of the RidieuIous.
Nothing has added more to the merK.
ment Of the world than the uninten
tional, unconscious humor Of writer's
public speakers and. In fact, all classes
and conditions Of men and women.
And there Ia none 30 delightful. 1t far
exceeds In mirth provoking quality the
cold blooded humor OF the professional
wits.
We Americans are q fun loving peo- |
pie, and we must and Will have our
joliity. Some one has said with GER
tain truth: with all our vanity, ener-
~ and unrest we are not dull, cheer
less 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 American, for
he is as ready for 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 deprecates the value
of humor excepting those who have
none Of this good gift to their portion.
Sunset" Cox, one Of the wttiest 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 sterility as dull and I'M
interesting as the cinders and ashes of
the volcanic fields of Iceland. But In
clude 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 peren-
NAL smile, Is adequate to emphasize the
contrast"
One could not well instance more
amusing blunder than that In paint
Ing of the BLESSED Virgin" In an old
church in Spain. In this painting the
Virgin is represented as sitting on
red velvet sofa fondling cat with one
ing coffee from q silver coffeepOt.
This Is as amusing as painting In
German church representing the sacri-
fee Of Isaac by Abraham. In this
painting Abraham is about to dis
charge huge pistol at Isaac when an
angel descends and pours pitcher Of
water on the pan of the pistol, thereby
saving Isaac.
The writer once saw crude painting
of King Herod with pair Of specta-
cles painted on his nose. There is a
very old painting Of ST. Peter denying
the Saviour, and several OF the Roman
soldiers in the background have pipes
In their mouths.
Those who are on the lookout for
!, them will find many amusing blunders
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 q religious paper as
J the author of so many blind poems
And 1t was a great metropolitan daily
, that one morning gave Its readers the
: following information regarding the
I wrecking of ship the night before
: 1.-The captain swan ashore and sue
ceeded in saving the life Of his wife
! She was insured in the Northern Ma
rine Insurance company and carried
cargo Of cement"
= Equally amusing as an Instance Of
unconscious humor was the statement
: made by another paper regarding the
capsizlng of a boat at sea. 1t said tina
"but one life was lost, and that was
+ found afterward."
He must be sadly deficient In humo
who does not find himself amused by ,
t sign like the following seen In the win
+ dow Of q shoemaker: ANY respectable
man, woman or child can have fit IL
d this shop" 1t was an enterprising fur
t rier who placed q card in his window
d stating that for the benefit of the la
t dies he would make 'muffs, boas, etc
r. out of their own skins"
A prolific source Of amusement t
e manuscript readers is the surprising
way In which aspirants for literar
honor and glory often put things.
We find one young woman saying o
her heroine: 1.-THE countess fell back i
a deadly swoon. When she revived he
y spirit had fed"
II Another young writer places her hel
y oine In very perilous situation an
O then says of her. Her lips quivered
her cheeks grew pale; her breath cam
y in short pants.'
II A third writer gives this amusin
'e description of the appearance Of son
D. one she referred to as "the bell {
the BALI" "She was clad In some sof