Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-26

c oAto a
Iful, than TO be the king of a broad do
main ruling by might and force of arms.
The honor, the joy, the return, of the
first is far more great than all the emolu-
Above all men must he be a reader of hui
ments that could accrue to the most
kingly Office of the universe. Pan with
his pipes brought more sunshine to the.
world than all the thunderbolts of Joye.
Outside of the PHILOSOPHY of Comedy
there is a store house OF philosophy in
Comedy. There may have seemed naught
but fo~olishness in the argument of the
old darky who said de. moon am oh
more benefit dan de sun bekase de sun,
shines in lie daytime when you loan need
no light and de moon shine at night
when You do. but the philosophy was
there just the same whether we saw it
or not.
So it may seem naughr out foolishness
in the work of the comedian, yet it is
anything but foOlishness. 1t is a keen in
sight into the emotions and the heart of
man and into the very vitals of exis
tence. 1t is an application of the caus
tic covered with the balm of a genial
thought, a pregnant idea with the sugar
coat of wit, that enters in and lifts up
and eXhilerates and alleviates, that
sweeps You on to forgctfullness of the
very vital things of earth, for a mo-
ment, with the force of its merriment
and because it has strength and force
and philosophy is the only reason it can
do this.
Few there he who have this happy
faculty. to take you out of yourself AMI
force YOU 10 see as they do, the quirk and
the turn and the nib of the joke. to feel
it, to live it. to become a part of it. 1t not
only takes art but it takes a master art
IL to paint such Impressions on the
mind. 'Tis art and hard work and the
application of the better faculties of the
heart and mind to reach eminence in
this profession.
'Tis a difficult gate to enter in and few
there be who enter in thereat. All of
which is, by the way of introduction of
Alba Haywood to the few readers of
this paper, who do not already know
and appreciate this genial soul, nation
ally known comedian, excellent business
man. and successful citizen of the Low
er Rio Grande Valley country.
Now you expected me to say success
full business man and excellent citizen.
but | would have it the other way
around. for to be a successful citizen is
a greater honor than to be a successful
-. ,,~r .of,, o1e, ma
is successful for his whole community.
Now | don't know where to limit the
community of the Colonel, unless / draw
a line somewhere along about where the
Mason and Dixon line used to be sup
posed to run, and say take your choice"
/ might say that he is a rising man,
or more properly a raising" a En-
%inently successful in raising smiles for
a generation, he applied his wonderful
energies and tact and indomitable will
TO raising other things. He got into the
oil raising business in Louisiana and
was successful there. Then some five
years ago his eyes turned towards the
fertile valley of the Lower Rio Grande
and he saw the wonderful possibilities
of that region. To see was to know, and
to know was to DO. and since then the
san Benito country and the whole of
this section has known the genial per
Scnality. the wonderful energy and the
good faith Of Colonel Alba Haywood.
Investing largely of his means in pro-
perry in this section he has shown his
faith in. and his consideration of, this
part of the worlds domain.
Raising smiles" from the bosom OF
the tired man. raising OIL from the
bosom of mother earth, raising truck"
from the womb Of dame nature and rails
ing hogs. the hogs that count. the four
legged ones that arc prize hcgs. / mean
he surely isl raising man as | said in
the first place.
TIE Colonel is Young Wit. he admits
20 'turnin' fifty and if he lives to add
another ten years TO his life he will be
IN eternal rcfutation of the slanderons
preparation Of Or. Osler. | do know how
old he is just to the dot. but he is such
Il retiring and dinident man that / dol
not know what he would say if i should
let the entire secret out. But to look at
his picture. which 7 was assured. is ono
caught by the camera when he posed be
fore ii. you will see what kind of Il look
or" he is. Are Won a reader of faces?
Well. ! am. and | would need no far
thcr Introduction to Il man whose mind
is u wealth Of knowledge and whose
heart is a book of nature and whose
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