| Show I The Medicinal Value Ii 1 I Il I of Hearty Laughter I IB II III 1 B Uy By I Ella lIa K u K l Dearborn M. M MI f n. n It Il is to be he deplored that we as a n nation are arc becoming so dignified and take life Jire so seriously seriously even even tragically tl and and now as if to Intensity Intensify the growing growIng growing grow grow- ing tendency toward towar solemnity comes a n Sir scientist Sir Arthur Mitchell 1 X K C. C B. B and B.-and and says sas that laughing is mann mann- ity but it strengthens the mind and theatres are but gatherings s of ot people suffering from Crom temporary insanity One ma may expect almost an any meanness meanness meanness mean mean- ness or crime of a long faced dyspeptic tic but who would be suspicious of aman a aman aman man who laughed laughe l heartily There are arc several elal 1 kinds ln s of lau laughter I and antl several degrees of oC each kind Itis It Itis is almost another language Can you not recall a n smile that thal had so much of or a sneer neer In it H that it could sting like a blow In the face 1 One instinctively judges character b by the laugh jUl just t as ase we e are arc unconsciously influenced b by the tho personal appearance ap ap- ap and you rou will usually find this instinctive e Judgment to be corIC cor con IC c t. t One admires most the laugh that has In It tho broad sound Hound of A ha A-ha ha ha Instinctively you ou trus trust t that person JUl Just t as you ou mistrust tire tho ono ou who laughs with a U sound Avoid the per person on that laughs with witha a u. U sound but more than all avoid the person who laughs not at itt all aB Hearty laughter is of a real therapeutic thera them value It value It increases tho the circulation circulation lation relieves eg the thc overcharged nerve cells cell i f aids digestion stimulates the liver and bowels an and overcomes mental mental men men- tal depression This much for yourself But Hut tho the influence of ot a laugh Is untold untold unten able able- Tears ma may bo be sacred and a laugh may be he hol holy but does not th the memory of or a a. laugh comfort you ou more than the tho memory of ot tears Laughing Is Infectious Happy that household that has a n. within it and whatever loss of ot dignity Is Is sustained abstained by the thc family Is fully rully compensated In increased health and und happiness S. S Murk l Twain the humorist ha has done more good In th the thc world than Samuel Clemens Clemen M. M D could ever havo have done but think what a a. world of ot good Mark Twain M. M D. D might havo have done donel Laughter Is better than pills I believe in hearty laughter the giver glyer o of health and the mirth that thatIs Is born of or mental keenness that still sUII is shorn of points that sting or barbs that hurt health suffers under too much dignity therefore the surplus should be burled buried and a keen sense of or humor resurrected that will enable ono one to s see e a point quickly and to laugh heartily From people who are too polite to laugh good Lord deU deliver us 1 t r i |
