Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-02

Fl "a iSHSfA ~ NnNnTStNSS, e EbhOAtY
|SERIOU. us, Y Ell ; / ]. ]. FUNNY 1 I Z
UNco CONSCIOUS 4auMoR THAT HELPS
10 PUT SPICE in LIFE.
Some Exasnpies or Delightful Incon-
Eruities In Speaking, Writing and
PainttnE Thst Appeal strongly to-
the SENSE OF the Rfdiculous. sHs
Nothing has added more to the merri-
ment Of the world than the uninten
tional, unconscious hnnor Of writer's
public speakers and. In fact, all classes
md condi tions Of men and women.
And there is none 50 delightful. II far
exceeds In mirth provoking quality the
cold blooded humor Of the professional
wits. y isS5 III 3s5;s
We Americans are a fun loving peo-
| pie, and we must and will have our
jollity. Some one has SAID with GER
tain truth: 18th all our vanity, ener-
gy and unrest, we are not q 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 a laugh as for a
speculation. as fond Of q Joke as an
Office" 4.88 js ]. s
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 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 sterility as dull and un-
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 q peren-
NAL smile, is adequate to emphasize the
contrast. 5Ss45 s. ":
One could not well instance a 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 q
red velvet sofa fondling a cat with one
hand, while with the other she 10 pour
Ing coffee from a silver coffeepot
This is as amusing as painting in a
bGerman church representing the sacri-
flee Of Isaac by Abraham. In this
painting Abraham Is about to dis
charge huge pistol at Isaac when an
angel descends and pours q pitcher OF
water on the pan os the pistol, thereby
saving Isaac. sfi Ii Ss5Hs
The writer once saw a crude painting
OF King Herod with q pair Of specta-
cies painted on his nose. There Is q
very old painting Of st. Peter denying
the Saviour, and several OF the Roman
soldiers III the background have pipes
ID their mouths.
Those who are on the lookout for
them will find many amusing blnnders
in the daily papers and In periodicals
OF all kinds. Its was but the other day
that the writer saw Miss Fanny Cr0s-
by referred to In a religious paper as
the .'author Of so many blind poems"
And 1t was q great metropolitan daily
that one morning gave Its readers the
| following information regarding the
wrecking Of a 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 a
cargo Of cement. I,
| Equally amusing as an instance OF
unconscious humor was the statement
made by another paper regarding the
capsizing Of a boat at sea. It said that
s''but one life was lost, and that was
found afterward. I,
He must be sadly deficient in humor
who does not find himself amused by a
sign like the following seen IN the win
dow OF shoemaker: Z. Any respectable
man, woman or child can have a At In
this shop twas an enterprising fur
rier who placed q card In his window
stating that for the benefit Of the la
dies he would make 'smuffs, boas, ETC.,
ont OF their own skins. 2
A prolific source Of amusement to
4 manuscript readers Is the surprising
way In which aspirants for literary
h honor and glory often s.put things
We find one young woman saying Of
her heroine: The countess fell back In
q deadly swoon. When she revived her
\ spirit had fed. z,
Another young writer places her her
0ine In q very perilous situation and
4 then says Of her, Her lips quiveredi
her cheeks grew pale: her breath came
I'm short pants
a third writer gives this amusing
description Of the appearance OF Soma
y one she referred to as sstfe bell Of
the balls" .'She was clad Ia some soft
clinging, heecy, yapory stuff Of pures1
white that gave the appearance Of 4
h bit Of detached cloud floating III the