HOW DO YOU LAUGH ?

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2210, 29 August 1910, Page 2

HOW DO YOU LAUGH ?

There are laughs and laughs. In the right sort of laughter there is something contagious, even if oneself be the cause of it. It is the product of good humour ; there is nothing concealed behind it. Frank, spontaneous and whole-souled, it has a beneficial effect both on the laughter and his hearers. But there are other kinds of laughter. Of these, the sneering laugh is the most familiar. Then there is the quiet laugh—a sibilant, secretive sort of thing, which is almost invariably a sign of mischief. Another laugh, disagreeable to hear is high-pitcbed and nervous-sound-ing. It is the outcome of embarrassment, or merely a vocal habit. Perhaps the worst laugh of all is the mirthless sound occasioned by the distress or embarrassment of others, and it invariably wounds most the butt of it. A person who has thus been lauged at and hurt is hardly likely to forget the experience. Laugh light-heartedly whenever you laugh ; let there be no sting in the tail of your mirth. Cultivate with Pope : The sprightly wit, the lively eye, Th' engaging smile, the gaiety That laughed dowu many a cummer sun, And kept you up so oft till one.