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Show H, Sorrows or a Humorist. j "This thing of being u humorist is about tho saddest thing 1 know," H sighed Simeon Ford. "An ordinary K,' person can have his moods ami hit- , mors as ho pleases, hut I must nlways L ho on tho Job. I am constantly beltiK t Invited out. nut because I'm liked for H ' myself alone or because of my manly H beauty, hut hecniiKo I am expected to B entertain tho assemblage. The rest HL of tho company may bo ur dull as Hf dishwater, hut If I do not shako up tho M" Rati- i; with 11 few Jokes the hostess H- gluros nt 1110 and really feels resentful. H' 1 ''' bo sunk In tho slouch of E despond, but just as soon as I tako P my sent all loan forward and eye 1110 H? expectantly. V "My son, li"ver Ret a reputation for Hj being funny. It Is the most mournful mmt thing on earth." |