Show e o 0 oe Doe e e Why We Do 0 What We Do J e ee 0 e Q e eby by M f l K THOMSON ISON Ph D e ow o WHY TIlE THE MOTHER LAW MOTHER IN JOKE IS POPULAR WD IX ALL AIL lease have highest respect fur for mother Iso Ao one dares to ridicule her e 11 e w 1 t stand for ItAn It An And vet et we all laugh at the mother mothern In n liw despite tile the fact that she Rs s somebody smother s mother There mu must t be a n reason for this queer situ V e e a re respect and re sere ere our own mothers mother but an occa jest at the lie expense e of the mother of our wife wiCe or husband Is b quite proper hat lint hat is b so funny about a mother in laOr law la Or is it the extreme seriousness s of the situation that Is Isso isso isso so humorous here here Is so much smoke there must be some fire The Tue great gnat pope of the mother In law la jol jot e a pro prof es how unpopular the lie mother In law really is e W c a usually poke fun at those whom whom we ise e cannot reach in any other sia a By lly virtue of or her lier age an and po position the mother in hIs liw h Is a rither hed be tied pei person pelson son And a joke johe at the e et pense of is alwa always s humorous especially If It the and power po that go with Ith It 11 are use used against u us usA uA A nul mild hind mishap such as the e of the person of a n village prig is IJ a lot funnIer than If It the accident occurred to some little nipper flipper It Is a well Veil known n fact that the mother In law la laIs Is very sery oCr hard to please She Is naturally prejudiced in lu h or ot of her own children and no one Is good enough for her James or Jane Mothers are especially partial to theIr sons This Tills makes mabes It hard for the daughter in law No 10 matter what the younger youner woman does docs it is not old lash fash toned enough to suit the lie woman of another generation A tenseness or of feeling If It not open con conflict lct Is In inevitable Inevitable evitable The joke jole Is the safest means menns ot of satisfying the desire to get even the most harmless outlet for the pent up feelings of repartee The mother In n law job Joke Is popular for tor the same some reason that a Joke at nt the expense of the teacher Is popular with school children Both have a dIgnIty an and authority that rankle fro c by McClure hew ew t l al er Syndicate |