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Show j The Shepherd! of the Black Sheep I Professor Sir Charles Bell ' In tha Strand Call It a Conv'ulefva Action Ac-tion of the Diaphragm. Laughter," eaya Professor- filr Charles Hell In the London Strand, " a convulsive anion of the diaphragm, fa this state tho purson druwe a full brent Ii and throws It nut In Interrupted, Interrupt-ed, ahort and audible rachlnnutlona. Tkia ronvulrlon of the diaphragm Is the principal part of the physical uitin-Ifeetatlnn uitin-Ifeetatlnn of laughter;.' but there are MTi-ral accessories, especially tUe okarp voc.nl utterance a'rWn'g from the violent teaslnn of the larynx and the ipresaloa of the features, thla being a morn Intense form of the smile In exiremu cum s Ibe i)i's nro inoltenid by Hie erfuslon from tho lui hryiual glands." Tluro you have a oh-ntllln definition. defini-tion. Hut It Is clear that mankind would hardly take, the trouble to go through that experience If that Is u II that laughter consisted of. They would nut regard a Dickens or a Mark Twain aa a benefactor merely j because a perusal of their writing produced that. . No; even the plilloto- I pliera know that laughter la aoiuethlug better than Uiat something luminal that there la such a thing aa silent laughter. Uobbea calla laughter "a a suildin glory nilslng fiom a suihlen coni-eplloii of aomo enilnency In our-ailvee our-ailvee by comparison with tho liitlrm-Ity liitlrm-Ity of other, or with our own tor-Inerly." tor-Inerly." If a laugh Is a benernctlon and the provoker of a laugh a benefactor, why are there more axutucs. to dull people than to witty ones? Who was the greatest laugh promoter In history? It was said 0 Sidney Smith that be wa the father of lil.OnO.nno laugh. "I -unghler," said Ivord Itosehery recently, re-cently, "la a physical necessity. We live under a aimless aky, surrounded by a melancholy ocean, and It I a. physical necessity for tho English nation na-tion even for the Scotch nation and the Welsh natlun to laugh. It ex-hllarnlea ex-hllarnlea all social relation. Wa not," hla lordship added, "tha laugh. of Sir I'Yutik Ux kwood something that would make n started bird lejoleeT And those who ll-lelli d to the spiel! dor of merriment which he could 1 m part by that laugh rculio tin- lniii.se value of that emotional eveieise" |