The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-18
YET FUNNY
UNCONSCIOUS HUMoR THAT HELPS
TO PUT SPICE IN LIFE.
Some Examples Of Delightful Incon-
gruitics In Speaking, Writing and
Painting Tint Appeal strongly To
the Sense of the Ridiculous.

Nothing has added more TO the merrl-
mcnt OF the world than the uninten
tional. unconscious humor Of writer's
public speakers and, in fact, all classes
and conditions of men aud women.
And there is none so delightful 1t far
exceeds i'm mirth provoking quality the
cold blooded humor Of the professional
wits.
We Americans are n fun loving peO
pie and we must and will have our
iOllity. Some one has said with GER
tain truth: with all our vanity, cner-
~ and unrest, we are not dull, cheer
less people. Sour faced fellows, yellow
and dyspcptic, are 10 be met with in
our cars and on our streets, but they
are not tine type Of the American, for
he is as ready for a laugh as for a
speculation. rs fond Of q Joke is an
Office
And the joke Is all the more enjoy
able when it is spontaneous. The great
or the stress and strain of life tie
greater the need and demand for hu-
NOR. and no one dCprccatc5 the valu"
Of humor excepting those who have
none Of this good gift 10 their portion.
sunset" Coz, one of the wtticst men
Of his day, says in his book, why We
Laugh" eliminate from the litcra-
urc and conduct of any one people the
amusing and the amused faculty, and
YOU produce sterility as dull and un-
Interesting rs the cindcrs ana ashes Of
the volcanic fields OF Iceland. But in
cludc the amusing element within
the experience and history OF mankind,
and no description of luXuriance, with
grapc. olive. ucctarinc and orange, such
as makes the wales Of Portugal percn-
NAL smile, is adequate to emphasize the
contrast"
one could not well instance more
blundcr than that in paint
INK OF the blessed Virgin in an old
church In Spain. In this painting the
Virgin is represented a. sitting on
red velvet sofa fOudliuG II cat with one
hand. while with the other she is pour
ing coffee from Il silver colfcepOt.
This is as amusing rs a painting In
German church representing the sacrl-
flee OF Isaac by Abraham. I'm this
painting Abraham is about to dis
charge Il huge pistol ut Isaac when an
ungel doSccnds and pourS Il pitcher o.
water on the pan of the pistol, thereby
saving Isaac.
The writer once saw "A crude painting
of King Hcrod with a pair of specta-
cles painted on his A<~'c There is IA
very cid painting OF -. Peter denying
the Saviour, aud several of the Roman
soldiers i'm the background have pipes
I'm their mouths.
Those who are ON the lookout for
them will find many amusing bundcrs
in the daily papers and in periodicals
of all kinds. II was but the other day
that the writer saw Miss Fanny CrOs-
10y referred TO in a religious paper M
the "authOr of So many blind poems
And il was q great metropolitan daily
that one morning gave its readers the
following information regarding the
wrecking of a ship the night before:
I
CCcdcd in saving the life Of his wife.
She MAS insured i'm the Northern Ma
rne Insurance company aud carried
cargo Of cCmcut."
Equally amusing as an instance of
unconscious humor was the statement
capsizng of boat nj sea. II said that
"but one life was lost, and that was
found aftCyward'
io must he sadly deficient in humor
who does not find himself amused hy
sign like the following seen in the viii
dow OF shoemaker: ANY respectable
man, woman or child can have tit i'm
this shop" 1t was an enterpriSiug fur
ricr who placed card in his window
stating that for the benefit OF the la-
dies he would make NUTS, bOaS, etc,
out Of their own skins"
A prolific source OF amusement To
manuscript readers is the surprising
way in which aSpirautS for literary
honor and glory often put things"
We find one young woman saying OF
her heroine: "rhe countess fell back i'm
n deadly swoon When she revived her
spirit had fed"
Another young writer places her her
oiuc IN a very periluuS situation aud
then says OF her, "llcr lips quivcrcd;
her cheeks grew pale; her breath came
I'm short pants"
\ third writer gives this amusing
description of the appearance of some
one she referred to - the bell of
tho ball" "She was clad in some soft.
clinging, heccy, vapory stuff OF purcst
white that gave the appearance of
bit OF detached cloud floating in the
sky She wore no ornament with the
exception OF several bits OF rare bric-
h-brac gathered i'm a foreign cline"
\ charming bit of purely unconscious
humor was that noticed hy some Wis
itors 10 a great English coal mine. NJ
the mouth OF the great central shaft
hundreds Of feet deep was a placard