The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-11-10
LAUGH AND THE WORLD
LAUGHS WITH YOU"

Too many people, especially at the
present time, take life too seriously;
go about with chips, of the proverbs.
sort, on their shoulders .frowns on
their faces, where smiles should be;
on lips, surly words, when there
should be and could be kindly utter
ances that would cali forth their kinI
from those who heard. J he tendency
lis to strike blow with hands that
should be extended in kindly, helpful
assistance. Some say that these az
Fgravated and not commerdable con-
ditions are the result of the war. Per.
haps that is so. But whatever the
cause they should mot exist. The
world is too good, at it's worst, to be
a place for scowls and anger and in
jury, by word or act. Life is too shor.
TO be made miserable or unhappy.
either for the individual or those
about him or her.
Just as "all work AMI nc play makes
Jack a dull boy" so all seriousness
takes the joy out of living AS a mar
ter of fact, there are so many. things
that demand serious thought and &C.
ten, but not everything that we do
and say. What an unattractive world
this would be, how gloomy and for.
bidding, If the, sun never shone, if the
birds did not sing, if there were no
flowers, no ripping laughter of happy
children. The Creator of the uni
verse and Of imam in His own image"
did not intend that this should be a
world of unhappiness, devoid Of plea
sure and the joy of living. All nature
SO proclaims, in addition to the order:
Let there be light"
In the very happy conclusion of the
Chautauqua series of entertainments,
was provided an apt illustration of
what we seek to convey by what has
been said, in part, at least The final
entertainment was given over to what
some people would term "just non
sense" 1t was provided by Mr.. Ralph
bingham, who has devoted his life,
from boyhood, to making people laugh
and smile, and forget, for time, at
least, the serious concerns of life.
Mr. Bingham gave an hour or more
to entertainment, in which was all of
clean and wholesome fun and frolic.
1T harmed no one; made no one I'M
happy. His audience of two thousand
or more, perhaps, went away relieved.
for the time being, of the strain of life
in its every day trials and perplexi-
ties.
This he has done for millions of
people, thousands of them in the
Southland, amidst its scenes of natur.
al loneliness, its happiness and plea
sure, that gave him birth, and that
must have provided his nature with
abundance of smiles and good hceer
such as he has carried with him ev-
erywhere and shared with his fellow
men.
And. yet, In concluding his enter
tainment OF fun, song and merry tales,
Mr.. Bingham illustrated the occasion
and the need for not always being fun
NY. not always to forget the serious
things of life, as when he eloquently
assailed Bolshevism, asserting that
there was no room for It's teachings or
practices in this happy country of
ours" America as IL isl being his de.
sire as 1t must be of every true Amer
ican.
Then, too, Mr.. Bingham briefly call
ed attention to the fact that 1t is pos
slble to give entertainment without
resort TO what is vulgar, smutty, unfit
for decent people to hear. There was
not single story that he told or {
song that he sang but that even the
Y. NJ. c. A. or Y. w. c. A. could
not approve He proved that humor
list can be highly entertaining withou
the employment of either smutty stor
les or ribald songs. Altogether the
entertainment served It's purposes and
for none more than those who are
inclined TO take life too seriously