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"Nothing comes amiss to your true wit,” said Falstaff, and I

them.

BRED ON "HALESOME PARRITCH.”

The

“Does it always rain in this ¦ mongers, street-aweepers, abominable country" asked an city-arabe of London. When an indignant tourist. Na," was the old country clergyman begged reply.

"it sometimes says."piteously and with infinite mild. Another gentleman, in the midstness, "of a conductor of of a downpour, on observing ommibus to "make haste and save encounters occasionally sarcastically. Fine weather! his appointment in the Strand still the type of Englishman who was answered doubtfully. "Well, the conductor shouted to the I was thinking it was rather driver. "Go on, Bill! Here's a' thinks that no good thing can come out of Scotland. He is not, dampish." There is a story of a ole core a-cussin' and a-swearn' however, to be considered too Scottish lady too, who was afraid I like anythink." But our seriously, for in nothing but his to cross a certain ferry on a taxi-drivers can be quite fanny, Anglo-mania and the absence of stormy day, and preferred going at times when you offer them aitches is be at all remarkable. by the bridge. Her friends their legal fate, Particularly will be anathematise suggested "Trast in the Lord." Scottish humour, and with gusto to which she replied, "I'll as will assure you, as if it were a trust in the Lord so long a think the war has proved it. Captain Bruce Bairnafather, Ian new and happy thought of his there's a brigg in the country.

Bartimeus, Taffrail. own, that a surgical operation is In stagecoach days, the advertise Has

host of necessary to get a joke into a ments of a Scottish stagecoach Neil Lyons, and a Scotsman's head. We have heard bore the singular announcement others have extracted drollery that so often now: but, so barm- that it would always start on from situations unprecedented lessis does this shaft glauce ondeys. "The Lord permitting, in horror and hardship.

and the weather being favour-humorists truly have helped to of our hidebound Scottish

iable," but that failing to do so, win the war, and Scotsmen are vanity that it is anrpris- ing that any self-respecting would go on Tuesday "whether numbered in brave array among Englishman makes use of it. Yet that old gibe of Sydusy AN AMERICAN OPINION. Smith's still flourishes, for I Stephen Leacock, the foremost cbanced quite recently upon its American humorist of the present When that old gibe of Sydney resurrected-corpse. The counter-time, is of the opinion that all Smith's anent a surgical operation thrust of a crusty Scot gave me a Scottish wit and humour is a and a Scotsman's head, turns up malicious, pleasurable thrill. little edged and crack. Just how again, as it assuredly will, I am “Ay, an" to mak'an Englishman he Can

the going to retaliate with the de reconcile, with understand a joke, se maun first opinion, Sir James 31. Barrie, Ilightful story which is related by gie bim a bead.”

do not know, for surely he is the Angus M'Neill in The Egregious To accuse a man of a lack of a most gentle, the most Elisa of English, a book which is in the sense of humour is to offer hits bumorists since the "gentle nature of a resort provoked. it Mr. the deadliest insult, but to charge Charles Lamb himself. But, to will be remembered, by a nation with that lack is gheerly bear out his statement he tells Grosland's The Unspeakable to grovel to the groundlings, and us the story of a Scotsman who Scol" A King of Portugal who to court an easy popularity or a bad a sister-in-law. his wife's visited England was asked on his cheap notoristy through ex-sister. with whom he could never departure what had struck him aggeration.

agree. He objected to going aay-] most upon bis visit in England. Scotland, that knuckle-end of where with her, and in spite of He replied. "The roast beet" England, that land of Calvin, his wife's eatreaties always re- This answer somehow disconcert- oatcakes and sulphur," said fused to do so. The wife was ed his interlocutor, who, however, Sydney Smith; and the fallacy taken martally ill, and as she lay asked again. hopefully. nodoubt originated in the English-dring she whispered, "John, ye'll what after that?" The reply was man's common conception of a drive Janet with you to the laconically brief, but neatly ex- Scotsman as either a canting funeral will se co?" The Scots-pressive of multum in parro. The Calviaistor & carrot-pated criminos, after an internal struggle, king, with unruffled, solemnity al in kilts. That type of English-answered: Margaret I'll do i replied." What then? Why, the men is firmly convinced that one for ye, but it'll spoil my day," boiled beef”! balf of the Scottish nation spend But this is not typical of Scottish their days in church, chanting- wit, and we cannot accept Mr.

"My soul is like a rusty lock

Stephen Leacock's indictment Oh, ile it with Thy grace":

without question. and that the other, half are in The very tersaness" and scin England, in the pick of Englishsillating spark'e with which one poste. rilling English pockets. WIT AND HUMOUR UN DEFINED

zan express oneself in French, that tongue of polisbed steel constitutes in itself a peculiart French wit: grotesque hyperbole

and

And what says Shakespeare of the beef-eater? "I am a great eater of beef, and I believe that! does barm to my wit." Thus Sir in the Agoocheek, Andrew

Twelfth Night" Rather than come to the unhappy condition of Sir Andrew, let Scotsmen stick to their "halesome parritch, chief of Scotia's food! It will not do is typical of American bomoor: barm to the wit! It has bred Sir partly doe to the commorredundancy of metaphor, richness Walter Scott and Dean Ramsay misconception of what humour of phraseology and illustration. and Lord John Rassel sad Pro- is. It is often taken as

speculiarly Irish; a quaint, fessor Blackie, and many a pawky synonymous with wit. Both wit and humour, like art, poetry, and ry, dry, osivete seems to be the Scottish bumorist. It has taken lose, are quite indeñnable. Eos special characteristic of Scottish Scotsmen over the top, with a humour is the more elusive of

But I take it that the popular indictment of Scottish humour is

the two. There are national types of wit, anglish wit, a French wit, a German wit, an Irish wit, and-yes-a Scottish wil, for

"Manners, with fortunes, bu-

mours turn with climes."

of 08.

and humour. A Scotsman Jest on their lips. It gave pa would never address his audience Robert Louis Sievenson and Bir as once did a Poor-Law guardian James M. Barrie. The jois de fia the North of Ireland ciere of warmer climes is not Mr. Chairman and gentlemen cars, but the Scotsman has a of the Board, the eyes of Europe faculty of enjoyment which is no are upon us-the apple of discord wbit less appreciative of all that] has been flung in our midst, and gives good cheer; and the sauce if it be not nipped in the bud will piquante of a joke is as necessary. burst into a conflagration which to him as his parritch."

And the fact that seventy-ivo] will deluge the world"!

Bat bumour is something un- iversal, the curious and blessed gift that man has, all the world

The Irishman suffers from a per cent. of the jokes accepted over, of discerning the incon- gruans in most things. Wit is constitutional inability not to by the Editor of Punch come related to the superficial, but mix bis metaphors. It is a delu- from Scotsmen is surely suficient bamour dwells deep down in the ion to suppose that "bolls" are a testimony that Scotland, in spite inmost heart

Wit characteristically Irish form of of gibes, is not a jokeless Sabara.

wit. Perhaps the best "ball" ofM.M. in the Weekly Scotsman. may be

canatic; hamour is ll has been terrd by a Capuch- kindly. Wit is the accom- paniment of comedy and draws in mook, who called upon bis forth the load guffaw of the top thankful that Providence should congregation to be specially gallery of the music balls. Bat humour is not divorced from have place death at the end of tragedy, and its laughter may be life and not in the middle, so that very close to tears. And Scots- "might have all possible time men, no less than others, have to prepare for it!"

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LORD FIRBIE AND THE MOTOR SHIP. Lord Pizrio, in ад inter- view published in this month's Motor Ship, states that he sees been blessed with that good gift 1 THE SCOT LACKING IN TACT ? no limitation to the size of motor of being able to laugh through The Scotsman is a less sociable ships. His firm, Harland & Wolff, tears, and to see the "funny side" animal than the Frenchman, and bave built engines of 3000 .p. of things. Indeed, it is a merct- he lacks, it must be admitted, but drawings are prepared for ful provision of Providence that that ready tact which prompted larger sizes that will come in due it is so. for, when a Scotsman the Duc de Richelieu to cover course. Lord Pirrie is of opinion doesn't farish (and Scotland is gracefully the clumsiness of a that there is no longer. any not a land to flourish in, with guest. The Duke was showing question whatever concerning the neither a kindly climate nor guests a collection of jewellery, reliability and suitability of the kindly soil), he can tighten his among which were two valuable Diesel engine for marine propul- belt all the more comfortably, watches. One unfortunate young son. Harland & Wolff's Coll with lacking more substantial man dropped the watches ac engine works, which are now things sense of humour to cidentally on the floor. The very large, will, it is stated, be sustain him.

Duke, with a rewly tact, linsten- doubled within the course of the Beottish wit is not English ed to relieve hint of mortication next two year Lord. Pirrie wit, but a sense of humour is the by saying langhingly → Ah, air, believes that there will be no same in kind all the world over, youn kre more skilful than my shortage of off fuel in the future, Beottish wit, of both the deliberato, watchmaker. He never succeed- provided it is used economically and accidental kind, consista veis, ed in manking Shem, go together and not wastel, súd, considers largely in a certain dry way

häre we inything in Scot that the position will improve mithan mora oil, tankass bars boen saying something so simple, and obelous that it is least expected able-wif of the emb

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