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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-15

I Beyond all question, the effects Of | humor, fun, mrth q am careful to make no distinction between them) are of such 1 character as to justify it's rational m
 diligence. Physiologicaly 1t Is marvel ously beneficial. There are certain racial nerves and muscles that are never
 brought into fullest activity except Tn laughter. Their disuse is followed by
 their wasting away, and the erect or
 this form of atrophy is multiplication
 of lines upon the face.
 The ancient Latins understood this
 simple principle, hence they often ex- horted the care-marked man, 'Exporrl- gere frontem,", which Automatically means "I,ool, cheerful" but which might be translated "Unwrinkle your brow.' for
 while gloomy, cheerless thoughts carve wrinkles upon the brow, mirth and good cheer smooth them away
 We are prone to describe people who never see the merry side of life as long faced" This is not an empty phrase,
 but is physiologically precise. The ten dency of moroseness is to lengthen the face, so is 1t also with sorrow and gen. eral unhappiness. Some natives Of Terra del Fuego tried to explain 10 hneilsn-
 uer on a ship that one among them was
 "out of spirits They could not do this in language, but they made themselves
 understood by pulling down their checks with both hands and making their faces az long as possible.
 The celebrated anatomist, Sir Charles Bell wrote, Tn all the exhilaratlng emo tions the eyebrows, the eyelids, the nos tr1ls and the angles of the mouth are raised. In the depressing passions 1t is tho reverse" Good humor broadens the face, and in laughter the furrows or fun flow in rollicking fashion across the face from ear to ear. Mirth expresses itself by lines of latitude; the opposite emotions are longitudinal
 In addition, we are told, that there Is not A blood-vessel however small, that is not shaken out of It's sluggishness py the convulsions of laughter. It is also asserted that the chemical conditions of tbe blood are thus distinctly modified should those conditions be morbid. Never is the diaphragm more asslduous- ly assailing dyspepsia than when run runs riot through the system, conveying to the find by way of the body brighter ard truer views of life. So that he who formerly saw nothing but somberness, now finds beauty, symmetry, sunlight and goodness; and, while previously life was full of discordant noises, now hears tho merry music of children and the songs of birds filling the wildwood Of the world with showers of warbling mel ody. The whole round world changes to the man who has learned to laugh. Wor- rv. become morose and you will soon have dyspepsia, longitudinal countenance, and will blame your wife for everything that goes wrong. .t
 Gladness and laughter are strangely conta gious Dickens, in the Christmas Carol" says, "It is fair and even ad- tustment of things, that while there Is infection in disease and sorrow, there Is nothing in the world so irresistibly con tageous as laughter and good humor.' Dickens never said a truer thing It is like mercy. too. for it blesses him who gives and him who receives. One sunny temperament will blessedly infect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-15

X/oU may not recognize him. my
 dear madam, by this designation.
 You know him as Democritus. Itut about 300 years before Christ the countrymen of this same Dempcritus knew him by the appellation which heads tkis essay.
 That Democritus was q philosopher no one can doubt. He was a man of great learning. being, perhaps. the father of the atomic philosophy. which was re- yived by Dalton in later ages, and when he died he left behind him over 70 vol- tunes that he had written on almost ev- cry subject that engaged the minds of thoughtful men of his times. He set forth a oosmical theory which has lived in the world of philosophy even to this day; and all that he wrote was given to the world in the purest Ionic Greek. whose poetic beauty and lucidity caused Cicero fav4rably to compare 1t with the style of Plato. Unfortunately the merest scraps of his works have come down to us; but we know what he was, and as well, what he wrote. from his contem- poraries and subsequent writers who quoted him. He was. therefore. phil lcsopher.
 As to the qualifying term. the laugh ing'' philosopher. beg to say that 1t Is cutie as correctly applied to Democrftus as the more stately word philosopher" If a schoolboy. having gone through his tn at and fhADCo having been advanced to Juvenal. should by any chance be reading this contribu- tion he will at once be reminded of the description that Juvenal gives of Demo- critus. He says: 'IIe shook himself with perpetual laughter" The reader. like myself. will not accept every proposition of the moral system of Democritus. but ali can approve his merry way of looking uron the unpleasant things of life. He taught men to avoid extremes in all things, to cast out of the mind the emo- tion of fear, and to shut out of the heart everything likely to bring sorrow or carking care. These principles and pre- cepts he so perfectly practiced. and with 50 complete spirit of optimism looked upon life, that he became known as the 'sIEughing philosopher"
 have now said all that intended to say about Democritus himself. But of the wisdom disclosed in his looking upon the bright side of life and finding here and there much to excite laughter and spirit of mirthfulness. I have much to gay. as the subject applies to all men.
 To couple the words philosophy" and may at first seem an incon- kruity: because the things for which they stand are widely discovered, in the t>opular mind. But the popular mind is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-15

grievously at fault in this case TOT often the most mirthful people are the most philosophical, and over and over again have the profoundest philosophers contributed to the records of the worlds sum and history of good humor.
 Lord Bacon, called 'the wisest of man kind," wrote a book of apothegms which Lord Macaulay pronounced "the finest Jest book in tho world of letters. On his study table John Ruskin always kept his Bible, and near it always lay "The Nonsense Book" Aristotle sought to formulate the philosophy of laughter" while Aristophenes provided for the ex- citation on the Athenian/ stage. Lycur- gus had a statue dedicated to ''The God of Laughter Titus counted the day lost during which he did not laugh; and Cicero already saw the approaching dec- a6erce of Rome In the indisposition of the people to foster the suggestion of fun In modern times such scientists as Herbert Spencer and Charles Darwin have written on the subject of fun and mirthfulness. Spenter's paper was called "The Philosophy of Laughter" Darwin treats of the subject in his philosophical work on ''The Expression of the Emo ttons in Man and Animals published in this country by the Appletons.
 Therefore, one might justly conclude, that. fun and philosophy are not incon- sruous.
 tially the gift of God. The best of books. tells us there is a time to laugh" The possibility of creating fun and en- toying 1t Is given to man in the very promise and potency of his being. The mctaphysician, John Locke, said. God hath created tears and laughter, and both for kind purposes" Said Sidney Smith. God has given us wit, humor, bright ness and laughter" Therefore. if one should ask the old question of Horace. "Quid rides? think . proper answer might be, Because God made us thus
 Why should anyone be slow to recog- nixe the benign source of mirth,s and laughter as its divinely appointed mode of expression? Both are needful to man. the mode and expression of 1t. God has not endowed man with the ability simply to see the serious side of life, nor has he reserved for the world be yond the high hills of Time. to gratify all the souls lonSings. Man Is social in h,s nature, therefore, the Almighty s.setteth the solitary in families"
 Man has an inborn fondness for the concord of sweet sounds; therefore.
 music is the gift of God; whether 1t be the symphony of Nature as it's winds sweep through the forests countless pipes, or when the foaming white fin- gers of the sea crash in laundering har- mony upon the keyboard of the strand; music Is the gift of God, whether it be inc great oratorio with its harmonic blending of a thousand instruments, or tho low sweet lullaby sung by mother to her child In the deepening shadows of the twilight hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-05-15

Man has an aesthetic taste; he loves the beautiful. God could have made the thorn without the rose, or the violet without its fragrance, and evory bloom and flower He might have painted black. But man loves the beautiful; and so, this world dropping from the creative Hand into It's place, becomes veritable mosaic of cunning beauty encompassed by Gods blue skies, illumined by the sun by day, and pulsating with spark ling points of golden fire by night.
 Now, as God has sought to gratify mans nature at every other point. by this token do I argue that humor, mirth, fun, laughter-all have their raison de etre in mans nature and in Gods pur- pose to gratify that nature.
 Notwithstanding the principle under lying the the facts. cited, there are men. like Antonio, in the Merchant of Venice, who ever fish with a melancholy bait Of course. they catch the fish called Melancholy. They eschew fun and laugh ter. Their highest ideals seems to be 'to walk mournfully before the Lord Trey treat mirth as Flourine. in chemis- try, treats oxygen; for, while Flourine will mingle with almost everything else, it will not affiliate with oxygen
 have seen these people. They are always Poorly, thank God.'' They seem to have some secret ailment of which they are ashamed, and, which they fear might be disclosed, if they were to laugh. As Ruskin, in 'The Ethics of the Dust says, They plume themselves on pout- ing" They are so sorry they are alive 1t almost kills them.
 These people do not know bless ing when they see one, which is sell dom. They don't know a sunbeam by sight, nor yellow canary. They don't know that love and happiness are still in the world and that God still reigns. They dent know, and, what makes the mat ter worse is, they don't want to know. Trey remind one of an incident related in the novel "The Honorable Peter Stir ling" by Lester Ford. A widow tells her little boy that she is 'going to marry pr. Brown" Whereupon. the youngster exclaims Bully for you, Ma, does Dr. Brown know it?" If Dr. Brown knew nc more of the widows intentions than some people know of life's sunshine, he wae at great disadvantage.
 Dickens, in Barnaby Rudge, makes old Gabriel Warden declare that Miss Miggs was born to be a damper" The title of s'damper'' applies to the sunless. funless people I am describing. Tell a good story, Damper never sees the point. You compliment the weather, but Damper thinks there will be change in a few hours, You remark as you come from church, "Fine sermon the minister gave us," to which Damper replies, Yes, but too long" Oh, you sermon Dampers! If you had been only in bright, sunny mood, perhaps somewhere in the ser vice or sermon you might have seen something of the glory of God or heard the song of serAph! Wouldn't 1t be the very core of torture. if you should finally be sent to the underworld, and there find that your doom was to listen to listen to old Nick read three of Bishop Bcrkley's sermons to you every day? The sermons being abont three hours long. If you don't watch out"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
MORGAN IS 8lLHi0
Finds One Thing His Millions
Can't Purchase.


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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
=. rierpont Morgan.

bella d'Este. the most gifted woman
Of the Italian renaissance. held her IA.
nous court
The original splcndor Of the palace
f. best preserved In the apartments
of Isabella d'Esto. which were decor
ntcd by GouliC Romano. RaphnolH
greatest pupil The frcscocs on the
ceilings Of these apartments were
done by Andop Malogua a hundred
and nfty years later Rubcns visited
the Mautua court and contributed to
the decorations oi the palace
Countess MorusInl beautiful no
blcwoman Of Venice who has much In.
nucncc OF court Interested herself to
further MIR Morgan's purpose to buy
the Roggia
The people OF Mantnu are deeply
disappointed that Mr. Morgan did not
gain ownership OF the Rcggia II was
his Intention TO restore II to an IL,
former glorIos. but the public and
tourists would have had access to u
sim
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07

dispatcher. road master. train master
and assistant superintendent Tho
last post marked the second stage In
MIR Mudgos upward course Thence
Ro went TO higher and higher posi-.
lions, each Of which required In.
creased ability and versatility
ON June 10. 1894. he had risen to bs
general superintendent Of the eastern
grand division Of the Santa Fc With
two more steps he was the general
manager. MIR Nudge left his long
service with the Santa Fo TO take tho
vice presidency Of tho -ituci-island- on
May /. 1905 Few railroad men with
such brilliant success are more gen.
crous. gentle. courteous and democrat.
ic than Mr. Nudge
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07

She handed him his evening clothes.
They had been packed away all sum
mer with a moth DISCRIMINATING com
pound. As the odor OF tar and cam
phor assalled him, his face grew
sad
what troubles you. DEAR" asked
the wife
Il am thinking OF these clothes
at seems to me that you ought Ia
look pleased. They are certainly no
moths In them"
ITS my sympathetic nature" said
the man. II cannot help II. Some
tines II leads me 10 absurd extremes
az IN the present instance, OF course
I'm glad the moths are gone, but he
added. with a deep sigh. they must
have found II horrible death!'-
Judges Library,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
conrtnhle I'D the EvIdenee.

One Of Phllndclphia's leading cor
poratlon lawyers was visiting In New
England all Of last month. and return.
ing home. he told how he had boon
arrested there. lie had not had va.
cation for some years and getting into
the country. he proceeded to be "a
boy again."
Ilc struck q piece NJ country road
and ran along for half mile. lie
found a fence and yaultod II. lie saw
tree and climbed H., and finally ~.
turned 10 the village. Just M ho
struck the town hand was laid on
hls shoulder aud a man said In a
gun voice;
Come with me"
what fore" inquired the other. In
amulemont.
I'm the constable. and you're un'
der arrest. I've been followin' ye aud
! think you're crazy"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
ncnrdln olnntn Aonn.

Cnrdln giant was the name given to
II rude statue 1919 feet high dug mp Oc.
tobcr 10, 1869, at Cardiff, Onondaga
county. n. Y, and exhibited for
months as a petriiaction, II attracted
the attention Of many scientific men,
who wrote many articles on the won
dorful remains Of q prehistoric man.
In time the persons who for months
deludod the public confessed that the
giant" had been cut from a block Of
gypsum, quarrled at Fort Dodge, Ia,
and sculptured In Chicago. conveyed
10 Cardiff and there buried, where II
remained until accidentally" brought
20 light
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
NO CHANCE FOR A BARBER
One Time That Adiutant Had 20 Re.
frsin from Use Of His Pet
Phrase.

A one NJ the old volunteer camps
mo ncwly appointed adiuiant Of a Ger.
nln metropolitan corps contracted
little habit Of telling on men on pa.
radc to gct their hair cut. as much
To their annoyance ms 10 the amuse.
mcut OF ouloOkerg
one morning. after having told on
about half dozen men In this man.
nor. he came 10 somewhat old
stagor whose hair az the back was
perhaps Just long enough TO take
away from smart appearance, but
certainly too long 10 satisfy our ad'
iulont,
The lntter's method Of procedure
was 10 pass behind the men and push
the culprits peak cap over his nose.
at the same time shouting, Hair cut
horcl"
As sure as fate. when the ndiutant
came 10 the long.soryice man he
promptly told him Otr and automat.
ically pushed his cap forward But
OH horrorsl What a PITY
"Er-or. as you We're" murmurod
the adiutaut. The man was as bald
as billiard ball. with the exception
Of a thin. gray line" OF hair which
could be seen Just below the band OF
his cap at the back Of his head
Collapse Of the warrior bold and
bald. amid loud laughter In camp
London TitBits.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07

Robert Marlborough sherard. maya
zine writer and grandson OF the poet
Wadsworth on his recent American
visit gave dinner NJ the Plaza 10 q
large number NJ magazine editors.
Mr.. Shcrard was at his best at this
dinner. In magazine circles his "mois'
are sim being quoted with laughter.
One mot concerned the wine, o
very rich and nutty fruit port which
was served In English fashion, with
the fruit and nuts at the dinners end.
Al praised this wine As for Mr..
Sherard. rolling II upon his tongue.
then swallowing II with closed eyes,
he cried. ecstatically'
at slips down like an angel In a
pair Of velvet trousersl"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07

Reading over all the various nc.
counts. these proposals Of queens and
prIncessos do not give one many
thullr or course. when a queen pro.
poses TO marry you II is considered
imuolitc 10 refuse and we hope none
of our young men readers win be
guilty Of such rudoness hut. some
how. the good old American plan
seems far better than this 'lloro's
YOU castle or You're my partner
arrangement A pretty girl out row.
ing on tho lake, handsome young
man working the oars. and he asks
her n he may not row her clear down
the stream Of life The moonlight
streaming over vlno.clad porch
Two figures IN the hammock gettinr
closer and closer An arm stealing
around her little waist. and they aro
engaged before you know H.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07


SHOW did ,Z.lf.l.. f.,. r,.t turn out
for .ln9i .a.ssq" manfred OBJ, FORMER
resident of4 ,uIar. .,Ila wasn't what
Won mferf ,,ii r,aI sfiTI'rt" Tho 9th.
orr MAN r.rli.I tb,t Ir.r.m Ga. hoy"
MANAGED fn mako bie brriu saw, bis
boly. aitNarrb .ome off bod. m,nruyor4
seemed d, bim In d. ri.I.r,rtrd
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.TurunI oYt IN tbp NH irvsntor.
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vol. might ,.ii % that %. Inns rlrr.d
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luu.u fo sl,o Ilt,r ffo fr,d. ID wash.
Inc fr8,tIn. far bIs u,ff.r limit sbo
sny. BE- don't aqve vori. ID changes
tho work of v,ei.inr IL, tl. work of
.,rr.pt.rirp f,r I .n,ss ii,s am MI.
a1y rrb to eai rhr thing nm and get 10
wording"
Docs br mako amy mopoy7- wns
/ m, pr,rtI,ol op,stlon
.,y.u po a.. ,,l'l,,od q, an bIs
ny.ug mnrbIno INIT a sliprod nm ON
. him Won so. whom Il comes In chang.
I human b,iprs into bIrJs ar b,ts it's
/ i,mr,ripc with tho brrlposs of cront.
Inc and Hiram no wasn't gti.d for
|u ppt IA. has gvod mn n good many
/ handy u,i,cr
"y,p 500" continued tho gp.okor
/ 90 ,,,s ont a., bts MAC, Yesterday and
,o,l, p,tir, NJ ble m,tbods and I do
5,,i,r, 4, ,,,s ,,n,,ir,
Wv ,''' ' VOC .'''"''"N
ne hH'u 10 nave u lhth' up III Tue
barn chamber tha' went 10y iootroW'r'
but II WIS 'ioo energetic for Ills tom.
| permanent and So he hiich"d ON an at
tnchmcnt to gu by horsepower
How dld ne get MS morse upstairs
lie didn't Hc cut hole In IN"
floor aud let q rope down onto q whirli'
glg In the floor, and harnossed the
horse to II, and then went tronding
round and round 10 make that lathe
go"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
WASPS AS A GIRLS PETS
Miss Blaek.H Hawkins Of England Makes
Friends Of the Vicious Little
insects.

Andovor. England Many strange
w niinr f,,uttl ifrWtioa ~ NnooVef.
whose hand. covered WIN her tame
wnspH. IL represented here. II IL said.
by the way that wasps are really
the friends OF man. and should not bo
destroyed. for thcy protect fruit from
maggotbroedlng Insects, consuming
them In large quantities Sad to say.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
The Girl Art Critic.

Miss Mary Morris. daughter Of the
late William Morris, poet aud crafts
man, said at a dinner in New York
u like the American taste for Us
frankness. Better be frank, even II
wrong. That pretty American girl
was by no means hopeless whose com.
mont, ON first seeing the incompatible
glory Of the Venus de Medlci. was:
90 wouldn't be seen dead with
ankles like that"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
wnmnn Good school officer.

DR. Gertrude HALEY, a graduate OF
the medical department of the Mel
bourne university. has been reap
iointed medical officer OF the public
schools in Tasmania, DR., HALEY is the
irst woman to occupy such an office,
md Is reported To have given such
satisfaction that a movement has
been started to appoint women to all
ucb Offices 10 the exclusion OF men.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
Winner ON PARTIAL.

Wagner had finished the score Of
'Parslfal." and after whistling It soft
ly to himself few times his face
wreathed with smiles
There. by Ginger!" he said, sign
Ing his name TO the score. with all
due respect 10 the Society for the
Suppression OF Unnecessary Noises, |
think that is pretty good stun"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
His charaetsrlstlo pose.

Some OF our prominent men," sug
gested the photographer, like 10 have
their photos taken IN characters
tic attitude"
Suits me-" responded the subject
photograph me with my nose against
a grlndstone. Got one handy?'
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07

This beetle paste bought here
doesn't seem 10 kill the beetles at
all"
"Ahl you see, madam, the proper
ties Of this preparation are not to
kill the beetles at once, but TO under
mine their constitutions"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07
Dancing is
Element
of Social
Education
By EUGENE n. BAlLAR

edge dancing being necessity at our homerce entertainments and
at many public celebrations all the world cannot very well
why dancing should not he taught in public schools.
The sors and wc boy the beautiful girl back num-
b,rs at any entertainment II they how dance Millions of
happy marriages are the results Of the ballroom.
Therefore being blot the public school, the board Of
education the city should seriously consider the question
of introducing the teaching dancing all of public schools
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07

Complaint is made that in our public
schools girls and even boys are given in
structions in the first elements Of dancing,
and that sometimes they really dancel
Dancing is one Of the elements of So
cial education, a part Of modern civilian
ton. The knowledge of correct dancing,
gracious and sylphlikc is as necessary to
our young people as the knowledge Of al
zebra, and more, and therefore should
have its place in the curriculum Of ON
public schools. Many parents have not The
means to send their boys and girls to n pri
vate tcrpsichorcan school, and, the knowl-
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-01-07

There is no country in the world where
the stranger can travel in greater safety
along the public highways than in Mexico,
Once the country roads Of that nation
we're infested with robbers and man who
traycrscd them took his life in his hands.
Many OF these same bandits who in old
days delighted in the stand-and-deliyer vo-
cation are now members Of the ruralcs, a
band of mounted rural police, which in the
way Of preserving law and order has hard
ly an equal in any land,
The iron hand Of Diaz has converted
the brigands, with whom he once consorted,