The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-01-15

Fletchertsm and open air school, al
conferred about one supreme tdear-tne
betterment OF humanity. In this great
and noble cause, one increasingly I'M
portant phase OF the fresh air move
ment Ia the encouragement Of out door
laughter and ong "a
Laughter In q universal language, and
though one may not understand n
words OF the Indian maiden, one can, az
least read the expressive language OF
her face Laughter IL the spontaneous
and natural expression OF JOY or pleas
urable emotion. When something
funny has been seen or heard. felt or
imagined, laughter follows az the yo-
Called expression OF that JOY. Likewise,
son Is the natural outlet OF h ex-
uberant heart, happy and Joyous IN
its emotions. Both laughter and song
are natural. good, and wholesome as
well as God given. to be developed In
making life pleasanter n lovelier Tor
those with whom n may come In con-
tact. # E%% '. M...m....
Laughter and It's relation TO life 10
becoming moro M more generally un-
derstood. The Miianese, realizing tho
value OF ripping, mellow laughter,
have In their city q school for teaching
the young people to laugh In those
tones OF merriment which are q Joy to
the ear and q means OF spreading cheer.
In Germany also, there 10 an organixa-
ton whose purpose 10 to teach young
people TO laugh and sing and be glad
IN the Joy OF nature.
The work OF these German and Ital-
tan schools IL carried on entirely out
OF doors In the wholesome, pure, sun
shine which fills the heart with glad
ness. Thus, II IL plain that The idea
De- not to create laughter by q sense
stimulus or q release from nervous ten
sion but to create In the individual q
hghtness OF heart which enables him
70 cast off the stiff and wearing atti-
q OF seriousness and be glad In the
Joy Of living. Laughter then reflects
h mental attitude Of the Individual
One needs only to hear q hearty, musi-
cal laugh In order to realize it's value.
The child. fun OF the simple, natural
happiness OF mere living laughs heart
without thought. How ne is charmed
and pleased with the simple things,
such as playful kittens. birds or dogsi
Too often this simplicity yanishes
with the increase OF ear The ma
ture individual must buy tickets to the
comic theater, where professional peo-
pie go through all n OF foolish
ness to win a'reluctant laugh from the
audience. To be able to laugh at the
simple things which win q burst Of
spontaneous laughter from the child
10 worth a kings treasure. II In to
keep simple hearted and the simple
uCAIApu hTS anyways near 70 purity AuQ
o God. Ia Ia not worth striving after
to have a race OF people full OF ex-
uberant, buoyant happinesse
liz there any logical eason why the
older individual cannot enjoy the same
happiness and laughter as the chlld7 It
is n difficult to see that I'm the older
individual there IL developed a certain
curious pride which restraints the de-
sire tS enjoy the simple things for fear
Of being considered unsophisticated,
undignified or too easily amused.
The. old Indian women laugh 80
heartily, 80 merriiy, so spontaneously
and freely that n cannot resist the
the ideal. To laugh so sincerely that
1t 10 contagious. All n has to do to
add to the general sum Of happiness,
10 be q crusader against sorrow, is to
allow himself to have a good time. The
effect on the individual as well as on
every n about him is self -evident.
1t Is, indeed, a noticeable fact that
people who live In the pure, oxygena-
ted air, like the savages and lower
types Of civilization, are the most sus-
ceptible to laughter. The studies of
Darwin and others establish the truth
that savages are not victims of a sui
len despair, but, on the contrary, they
have a large and abundant mirth. Like
the child, they appear to express their
emotions with great freedom and their
laughter is Of the most energetic kind.
This is true of races so far apart geo.
graphically and of such different ethnic
levels as, on the one hand Australians
American Indians and G~reenlanders.
Much Of the savage laughter Is the
outcome of a gladstone mind, q flow of
good spirits, undisturbed by the
thoughts Of care and trouble. The hab-
ituai cheerfulness H. stimulated by their
constant open air life. which invigor-
ates the mind and develops physical
It might seem that laughter is not
for the. learned, cultured class, but for
children and types OF lower civilization,
but. according to Hegel; Laughter is
q sign that the Individual is wise
contrast" TO the savage the European
missionary Is a constant source Of
amusement. This is not an indication of
ignorance or narrowness Of mind, for
the good sense Of the savage has often
been found equal to the detection Of
follies In the matter of dress or GUS
tom; indeed the savage has often struck
the satirical note, looked down upon
and laughed at he stupid, self satisfied
European, who preached SO finely but
practiced so little of what he preached!
1t is then evident that much of the
sayage's laughter is the intentional ex-
pNGrSiOh III TUG tIlCuIdl dIIlLuu6s
This habitual cheerfulness among
gavages is always associated with
health; Inc the more civilized people,
weighted down with problems of bust
ness and society, are rapidly acknowl-
odging that happiness 10 a fundamental
element Of health as we'll as under
standing that the great out Of DOORS
II a rich ource of happiness.
What is r Of laughter in the open
air Is true also OF SOM and it's rela-
ton to out OF door life. OF course,
there are those who decry singing put
Of doors. as they believe It INJURIES the
lungs, irrttates the throat or spoils the
voice. But as q matter of fact there
Is nothing that one can do indoors that |
n cannot more properly do out of
doors, so far as health is concerned.
To sing out of doors Is by far the |
best way of cultivating the voice. The
oxygen Of the air sun laden, puri-
fed, made healthful and healing with |
the balsams extracted from thousands
OF plants, enters the lungs to their deep
est cells, while one takes the deep
breaths necessary to long sustained
tones, and is of the highest order of |
benefit. Everything which Is good for
the body generally is good for the
voice.
To be convinced of the purity of tone
derived from out of door air, one has
only to consider the marvellous voices
ara heard In nafYtra NHblnIy ~ |