The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-12-22
A SENSE or HUM0R.
Oh, Yes, Every Man Is Absolutely Corr
tain He Owns Il.

| tain He Owns II.
A sente Of humor is something
which every man possesses in 50
perlative degree. Men will admit
| they have no reverence, they will
i'll treat their wives, outdo their
neighbors-will own up, indeed, to
| every crime on the calendar, but not
| to being devoid of sense Of humor.
And, moreover, the sense Of hu-
| NOR belonging to every man is IN
| variably ''keen." The most stolid,
phlcgmatic person. who never gets
| near enough to the point Of a joke
| to throw his hat upon it, will tell
you with tears in his eyes that he
never would have been able to have
lived through if it hadn't been for
his sense of humor.
The worst offender, however, is
the one who makes business OF
| exploiting this universally assumed
| trait. Hs takes you aside in kind
Il couldn't begin to tell you" he
declares, '*all the funny things |
SEQ. | don't know Why it is'-this
| with an air as il it were a heaven
sent gift which he modestly is in
no sense responsible for-'*but any
thing funny-real funny appeals
to ne. If | could only remember to
set them down! But somehow l
never think Of it at the time"
He then proceeds to tell you OF
an incident that happened to him
self-personally. You have heard
the story perhaps bon years bach-so
Tar back. indeed, that you have al
most forgotten it. But you wouldn't
let your friend know that for the
world.
When Be has finished you laugh
heartily. Long practice has tseinsd
you to laugh upon these occasions
.s if you really meant it, and you
tell him that it is certainly ono OF
the best things you have ever heasd-
Heneeiorth you avoid him. A buzn-
ed victim breads tho man wsth .
sense OF humor.
Why is it that a man, modest IN
other respects, who, if he saved an
others life would conceal it, boldly
and unblushingly talks about his
wonderful sense Of humor without
the slightest compunction?
Next to him comes the yonng
girl Of the family. Let Us call her
dear Mabel.
You've seen Mabel, Of course?
'Do you know" her mother de-
clapes, "that child sees the funny
side Of everything! You just ought
to hear her! No matter where she
goes it is always the same! Why,
last pight Ne sat up listening to her
while she entertained US with what
she saw on the trolley car-iust
think OF it-and-well, thought 1
should certainly split with laughter.
Mimic! Perfect! And you ought
to see the poetry she wrote! She'd
be swful mad if she knew was
showing it. wanted her to send 1t
10 the papers, but I couldn't per
suads her. Isn't it. perfectly splen-
did: l suppose she osghnot to
be encouraged too much. Ehave a
friend who's a writer, and he ad-
vised me to keep her down. But it
does seem as If talent like that
ought to be put 10 use. Oh, you
Just wait till you hear her! Such
sense of humor!"
You don't wait. Fou love dear
Mabel-at a distance. You sneak
away in the cleaning. You have
been there before. Heneeforth when
Mabel heapes in sight you put your
helm hard port and wear ship.
1t has often been shyly intmated
by baeheloEs-that women have
no sense Of humor.
Tst think Of tie monumental
joke every woman plays on man
when she marries him! - Success