The Spirit Of Comedy

The Spirir "; C ilm W is a musie, i-uot a harlequiin. AViien she epeaks atterance, whether It be in vrose or verse, Í3that form of humor vhi.h is recognized as literature. SUe does siot fcnow the proilui'ts of the mechanieal jester'a t-ra:le- the painlully remodeled jokes, the elaborated pons, the horse-play coraled systematically by jaded pau and p&nell. Sao is a Militie spirit, wiio. lias lier tövOrilbe dwelling place xevy near the sou oí orar deapest tiiousht, and cmotion. Wliere sho cannot look on tlirougU women's e.ve.s, s'.ie wlll not linger ; though ' wonica ï-arely knovv lier as mei; do. She lO'vea Lovo, though he regarde her M-ith jealovua iear. She knows tears, ba liever coaiesses to tJie lviiowledge. Her speech is the final gracious ïlowering oí the knowledge of liie. Her touch has power to keep sentiment wholesome and passton sane; it has po-war 'o conier immortality on a great cmotion by guarding it agaiast destructiva ixic-ses. The einiles a-ud laughter which she evokea are the ïoum-bells