The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1907-02-08
SERIOUS, YET FUNNY
UNCONSCIOUS HuMoR THAT Hell es
TO PUT sflce N LIFE.
vine Examples of Delightful Incon-
Srn'''"s In speaking. Writing and
'"'"''"E That Appeal strongly To
The sens" OF the ridiculous.

"'"'"h ihht Appeal strongly To |
the sense OF the Ridiculous.
Nothing bas added more to the merri.
ncnt of the world than the uninten
lloual. unconscious humor of writer's
ibilc speakers ami, In fact. Of! classes
aid conditions OF men and women.
Aud there is none 50 delightful It fur
cN, ecds la mirth provoking quality the
cold bloo,lcd bum0r Of the professional
wits.
We Americans are fun loving PEG
pie. and we must and will have our
jollliy Some Que has said with Ger.
tain truth with all our vanity. ener.
~ aud unrott we are not II dull cheer.
less people, sour faced fellows. yellow
aud dyspeptic. are TO be met with In
our cars aud on our streets. but they
are not the type OF the American, for
be Is ~ ready for a laugh as for a
speculation. as fond OF Joke as an
once"
And The Joke is all the more enjoy
hb,e when II is spontaneous. The great.
~ th- stress aud strain Of life the
errsirr the need aud demand for hu.
isUr aud uo one dcprccates TIE value
u humor excepting those who have
IoL, Of hi, good GIT TO their portion
"SuEsc,' Cox. one u the witticst men
., bis day. snys In his book why We
lagsa.' Eliminate from the litera.
t.t- aud conduct Of any one people the
oug..u- aud lho amused faculty. aud
SD. produce sterility ~ dull and I'M
Interesting as the clndors aud ashes Of
iae volcanic aclls Ol Iceland But in
udc 900, amusing element within
lar experience and history OF mankind,
full mo- description Of uXuuancc with
1 lIapr olive. uccnrnc and orange. such
O., us.c, thr wales Of Portugal percn-
u.ul smile. D, adequate ~ emphasize the
ua,u,t"
/ one could not well instance a more
b. a,.us Dlundcr than that Ia a paint
h. of the "slcSscd Virgin Ia au old
eaurcl 10 spain 10 this pointing the
/ N.rsu il, represented M sitting on a
. fsi ,ri,,t sofa foudiiug cat With one
baud while with the other she is pour
.ug co1cc from silver concepot
Tue Il as amusing as painting In a
German church representing the -acri.
De o. lsauc boy Abraham. Ia this
painting Abraham is about 10 dis.
charge huge pistol nc Isaac when an
lusc; de,,cnds aud pours a pitcher o.
7 water on the pan Of the pistol, thereby
-Itlng Isaac
The writer once saw a crude painting
10: King lIcrod with a pair OF specta
Gle, paluicd on bis nose. There Is a
rty uii painting % St Peter deny Ing
the Saviour aud several u the Roman
soldiers In the background have pipes
la their mouths.
Those who are on the lookout fol
them will nnd many amusing blunderi
ln the daily papers aud In periodicals
d al! s.ads II was but the other dag
hat IL, writer saw Miss Fanny eros
hy referred 20 Ia a religious paper a,
the author OF 30 many blind poems.
And q was great metropolitan daily
that one morning gave It's readers the
following information regarding the
wrecking OF d ship the night before
The captain swan ashore aud sue
ccedci In saving the life OF his wife
She was Insured In the Northern Ma
me Insurance company aud carried
,argo OF cement"
Equally amusing ~ an instance Of
unconscious humor was the statement
made by smother paper regarding the
rapslIing OF n boat at sea. II said thai
but one NE was lost. aud that wal
found afterwuri'
lie must bc sadly deficient In humo
who does not fnd himself amused by
.lgn Ike the following seen In the win
dow OF a shoemaker. ANY respectable
man. woman or child can have Nc II
this shop" Il was an enterprlslng fur
rier who placed card In his window
stating that for the benefit OF the Ia
dies he would make NUTS, boas. etc,
out OF their own skins"
A prolific source of amusement Il
manuscript readers Is the surprising
way In which aspItauts for literar!
honor and glory often put things.
We fnd one young woman saying o
her heroine: THE countess fell back u
q deadly swoon. When she revived he
spirit had ted."
Another young writer places her heI
blne In very perllous situation an
then says Of her "IIcr lips qulyered
her checks grew pale. her breath cam
, Ia short pants.
4 third writer gives this amusln
description u the appearance OF SON
one she referred to a. "thc bell q
the ball" "Shc was clad In some sof
. rlugiur. dcccy. vapory stun Of pure'
white that gave the appearance Of
blt Of detached cloud floating in III
sky. She wore NO ornament with III
exception of several bits Of rare hri'
s.brlc gathered Ia q foreign CLINE.
! 4 charming biz of purely unconscio'
. humor was that uotlccd hy some vi
1 iors Co great English coal mine. \
; the mouth ~ the great central sha
, hundreds VI feet dccp was a placaI
2 Bearing these words'
: Please do not tumble down q
shaft. e. Detroit Free Press