The Wat of the World

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 25 August 1922, Page 3

The Wat of the World

A particularly fine magszine, that presents the best of the world's humour in art and literature, has just reached us. It is entitled "Humour," and it is well Darned, providing, as it does, a laugh id every inch of epac». "Humour" gathers its matter from all the famous witty papers of the world, including London "Puneh," "Passing Show," "Tit-Bits," "Pearson's Weekly," "London Opioicn," "Sketch," "Weekly Telegraph," "Answers," "Edinburgh Scotsman," "Life," "Judge," "Wayside Tales," "Buffalo : Express," " Boston Transcript," "Cali- ■ fornia Pelican," "Saturday Evening I Post," "Ladies' Home Journal," New York Tribune'," "Chicago Herald," "Stray Stcrie3," and a dozen other English-speaking magazines. Among the foreign papers dealt with ; we find mary delightful extracts, transj lated into English, from "Martin," i "Le Eire," "Le Regiment," "L'Elbeu- ! vein (France); "Kasper" (Sweden), I "Karikaturei:" (Ncrway(, "De Amsteri damme" (Hollan'), "Simplicissimus" ! (Germany), and "Die Muskete" (Aus- > tria) ; other countries whcse artists and | writers are represented in "Humour" ! are Italy, Spain and Norway. No better way could be imagined of j bringing Australasian readers in touch i with the humour ©f the world, for in a i single magazine is cream of the wit from all the publications j mentioned.

The matter includes shore stories, humorous paragraphs, funny sketches and illustrated jok<?e. "Humour" is published on the 7th and 21 st of the month, and is on sale at 3 per copy.