The sun., 1916-10-15
The Freudian Joke.

"Psychoanalysis": a word Of barba-
Gus appearance. Chief among the psy-
~choanalysts and psychosynthetists Ia
the Herr Professor Doktor SIoMUND
FREUD Of the University Of Vienna.
To the Freudian this. that and the
other. wish. dream and libido. Ameri-
can pedants may now add the Freud
Ian Jest. In Wit and Its Relation TO
the Unconscious (Moffat. Yard). trans
lated by A. A. Brill. Phi. B.. NJ. D.. iec-
turcr In psychoanalysis and abnormal
psychology in New York University.
former chief Of clinic Of ~psychiatry In
Columbia University. Professor Freud
muensterbergs the Joke. II Keats pro-
tested against the weighing and meas
uring of the awful rainbow once in
heaven" what would the wits say TO
this formulation Of their art? THE
Technique OF Wit" 1.-THE Pleasure
Mechanism and the Ps%ychogenesis OF
Wit'-Lord save the merry from these
chapters. The Vienna professor ana
lyZes a set of classic jokes only less
solemn than his analysis; or is it that
his analysis Is funnier than the Jokes
which he operates on?
The schachten introduces you tsup-
posing.) TO your prospective bride. The
parlor where you await her appearance
glitters with silver. You are sceptic.
Perhaps the stun is borrowed? What
an idea. who in the world would
lend these people anything" A per-
son "who reacts several times In sue
cession in the same manner continues
IN the same on the next occa-
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runs contrary to his intentions So
the psychoanalyst. 'Eite." the vulgar
II do call.
Here is Wendell Phillips on his way
to give a lecture in ohio. He meets
clergymen going home after n con-
vention. one says: Are you Mr..
Phillips" He IL Mr.. Phillips. Are
you trying to free the nlRgers?" Yes,
he Is an abolitionist. well. why dc
you preach your doctrines up here
Why don't you go where the niggers
are" Mr.. Phillips IL polite. EXCUSE
me-are you a preacher He is
Are you trying to save souls from
hcll?" OF ourse Then why don
you go there to do it?' Now Profess
sor Freud:
AZ dHtNbplt lf'ls WV Wv wv
dercy Of wit In the service Of hostile ag-
srcssi"r. The minister's behavior was OMEN
sive and Irritating. yet Wendell PHILLIPS as
a man Of culture could not defend himsel'
IN the sam manner AZ a common. Ill bred
person would have done and as his lime
feelings must have prompted him to do
The only alternative under the circum'
stances would have been TO take the anron'
In silence. had no, wit showed him tn
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means Of unincation to turn the tables OF
hi. assailant. He not only belit;led him
clever re,ort. well. why don't you q,
brought them to his side.
Are clergymen truly so easily con
vertedo
II will interest the general publ
to know the proceeding OF wit for
nation in the case Of the first person"
"A foreconscious thought Is left for
moment to unconscious elaboration
and the results are forthwith graspe'
by the conscious perception"
We entertain h profoundest re
spcct for professors. But the work
inas NJ the PROFESSIONAL intellect ar
beyond our simple comprehension
|, We suspect them at times OF DELHI
. crate hoax. Some persons are NOR
= interested In the mechanism an
. chemistry OF digestion than in a goo
' meal. Such persons will admire tn
great Professor Freud on Wit.