Life — June 30, 1910 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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1192 Cicero on Laughter 2. 4 Concern ing laughter, there are five things ich are subjects of — consideration One, ‘What it is another, ‘ Whence it originates"; a third, “Whether it be comes the or: wish to excite ghter’; a fourtl » what degree a fifth, * What the several kinds the ridiculous "? to the first, ‘What laughter itself is,’ by what means its ex- cited, where it lies, how it arises bursts forth so suddenly tha unable, though we desire to re it, and how it affects at once the the face, veins, the counte train ides, nce, the eyes, let Democritus consider; for all this has nothing to do with my remarks, and if it had to do with them I should not be ashamed to say that | am ignorant of which not even they understand who profess to explain it But the t as it were province of what is laughed at (for that is the xt point of inquiry) lies in a cer- tain offensiveness and deformity; for those sayings are laughed at solely or chiefly which point out and designate something offensive in an_ offensive manner. " —‘ Oratory and Orators.’ Epigrams from the French An indisereet man is an unsealed let every one can read it —Chamfort God created the coquette as soon as He had made the fool ter Anonym If Cleopatra’s nose had been sh the face of the whole world would have been changed. —Paseal. Women live only in the emotion that love gives. An old lady confessed that she loved much when young. “Ah!” she exclaimed, “the exquisite pain of those days! —A. Houssaye. To discuss an opinion with a fool is like carrying a lantern before a blind man —E. de Gizardin, ‘LIFE: istoric fu The Little Star nus little bit of verse wa any y 0. It is supposed Boston chiid’s version nkle, Little S “ Twinkle, author is anonymous.) globule oviviv hom thy nature's Seintillate. seintillat Fain would | f speci! Loftily posed in ether capacious Stror resembl mo carbo naceo When torrid Phecbus refuses his presence And ceases to lamp with fieree incan Then you illume the regic Scintiilate, scintillate, s« s supernal— aper noctur- victim of hospiccless pere grination Gratefully hails your minute corus cation He could not determine direction But for y tection. scintilla This is one of famous John Leech pictures, published in Punch in the middie of the last century. The joke is cqually famou c appearing in American p ally in modified forms First’ Cock MEWACKULOL HOOSE DO_YOU MANAGE 1 Second Cock Sparrow: vas. 1 FANCY IT 1S RATHER GRAND; BUT THEN, You Ske, 1 GIVE THE WHOLE oF MY MIND TO IT. WHAT A HOW THE Sentinel: wito Goes THERE? Watt! (MAJOR NOT REGARDING THE SUMMONS, THE SOLDIER FIRES AND MISSES) Major: THREE DAYS IN THE GUARD: HOUSE FOR YOUR BAD SHOOTING —This is from the German of the middle period of the last century. It is satire on army discipline —From Parton's “History of Caricé Harper & Brothers No Argument There Diogenes once asked alms of tempered man, who said Try to convince me that [ ¢ to give?” ght you amenable t reason,” said Diogen I should have recommended you to and A Bon-Mot of Quin In a summer when the month of July was extremely wet and cold, some person asked Quin whether he ever re- membered such summer? replied the wag, very seriously, winter.”—IVorld’s Jest Book, 182 No n has yet discovered the means of giving successfully friendly advice to women—nct even to his own. —Bualzac. comicbooks.com