Show The Family Scrapbook By Dr Ernest G. G Osborne Wisecracks jokes and humor humor humor hu hu- mor generally have a central place in family living They oil th the wheels and make things run more smoothly Or at least they may Sometimes though joke jokes s can cut in pretty deeply Everyone Every one in the Jones family ami 1 y thought it was very funn funny y y when Johnny slipped and an d spilled the platter of food h he e was carrying to the family y table That is everybody but bu t Johnny His dignity was very y badly ruffled To him it wasn't wasn t at all funny At the moment he needed sympathy and help not amused laughter Billy nilly Barton had picked ups up s so some o m e undesirable attitudes attitude s from called so-called jokes Negroes are funny people arent aren't they he said And he meant funny peculiar not funny funny r His comment brought his folks up with a start And they realized that stories with arace a arace arnce race slant had been told while Billy was around Yes it pays to watch ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves a little when it comes to joking Theres There's likely to tobe tobe tobe be much more than humor involved |