The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
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Do0ley is broader and more permanent
in his observations: genial old Irishman,
. genuine creation. Thus. he says speak
ing of the education Of the young:
ITO my mind. Hinnissy. we're wastin'
too much time thinkin' iv tn future iv
our young, an thryin to larn thin early
what they oughtn't to know till they've
growed up. We sind tn childher to
school as II twas a summer garden
where they go to be amused instead
iv a pinitinchry where they're STINT fr
the original sin. Whin I was la-ad
/ was put at me ah-bee abs tn first
day I set fut in tn school behind tn
hedge an me head was sore inside an
out befure whit home. Now tn first
thing we larn tn future Mark Hannas
an Jawn d. Gateses iv our naytion is
waltzin. singin' an cuttin' pitchers out
Nv book. We'd be much betther
teachin' thin tn strangle hold, FIR that's
what they need in life."
The value Of this kind of humor is very
great, very sanitary, because it brings
home to lot of people who would other
wise not realize it certain truths that a
few know but too well; that is, it spreads
truth. Character creation, therefore, is a
distinct advance upon autobiography, and
is recognized by the public as such.
Mr.. Dunno, who came almost right after
Bill Nye, is also distinct advance upon
that gifted soul, who, If he had had the
gift of character creation, would have done
so much more than he did. For Nye passed
most of his time after he had achieved a
in travelling about the country, always
using himself as a medium. He was very
vulgar at times, but generally funny, and
a respectable figure in our American chain
OF humorists. This is a fair sample of his
style. 1t is from an essay on the habits
of literary men:
II rise from bed the first thing in the
morning, leaving my couch not because
l am dissatisfied with it but because /
cannot carry it with me during the day.
1 then seat myself on the edge of the
bed and devote a few moments to
thought. Literary men who have never
set aside a few moments on rising for
thought will do well to try it. l then
insert myself in a pair of middle aged
pantaloons other clothing is
added from time to time. l then battle
myself. Still this is not absolutely es
sential to a literary life. Others who do
not do so have been equally successful"
Let noe now turn for a moment to the
work of q popular English humorist, Mr.
A. p. Herbert of Punch, who during the
last few years has acquired an enviablt
"A Criminal Type:
To-day / am Making AN inno6Lva-
tomas you mayalready guessed. I am
typling this article myself III " Instead
OF writing it. The idea is to save time and
exvBKpense also to demonstyap dem
onBTrike-damn. to demonstrat that
can type lust as well as any blessed
girl if give my mind to iT'"-&c.
Looking at the matter from the readers
standpoint, what interests or catches
them in all humorous writing is its as
sumed novelty. In everyday life it is moi
usual for people to hold themselves up to
ridicule. The humorist, therefore, uses
this method more than any other, because
it is the one thing that he can use and be
different" No matter if humorists have
always used it, either thinly disguised oil
not. we never quite get over the feeling
of surprise When Mr.. Ring Lardner tells
us in one Of his home town sketches thai
one of the neighbors had an attack Of
leprosy, and has this bear upon certain
social ambitions of his own, it surprises u:
into laughter When F. p. A. in his col