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WITTY ADDRESS BY
MR. COLLISSON
"The Serious Use of Humour"
CategHongkong :Padé!!
Xes our advertisements nów are as Creadablajgarantertaining, as our letter press, and I cannot help wishing that one of our local firma who ad❤ verilses in grussome detail the cure Hongkong of a dissase pecullax to would burst out one day into a line picture of healthy young Chinese "Hongkong foot! hie
lad
(Loud
AUGUST 7, 1986.
POLAR TRANSIT,
WILEY POST ABOUT "TO SET OFF"
Seattle, Aug. 6.. The comedian Will Rogers con-
to-day, whereafter, he announced that he was accompanying the
was the subject of an interestine magnificent goal with ferred with the aviator, Wiley Post and witty address delivered by not entirely confined to merchant aviator as far as Juneau, Alaska.
But after all, the Rotary Club is millionaires:
(Laughter).
nation is
Russian Flight
are also pro- there Mr. P. L Collisson, O.BE, at the
Wiley Pont, will attempt to By weekly meeting of the Rotary Club fessors, lawyers, doctors, persons and from Seattle to Juneau, to Mos-
Government oficiale. held at the Hongkong Hotel yester even humble
May 1, pick out one or two of you cow, Ireland, Greenland and New
York. day.
at random?
Of humour in official matters I
He will take off at 8 a.m. If won- Professor, L. Forster presided, and there was an unusually large gather-dare no talk too much. ing present including the following As some of you may remember I have, ther permits.-United Press, guests:-Messrs. 8. H. Morrow, of as a lady of a certain Amoy; A. W. Underhill, of HM.8. credited with anying, already "alob Parthian; A. Bommerfelt, Y. K. Chow, bered a bitful" on the subject. But J. J. Hayden,
H. Lo, U. F. Thomas I must confess that I have sometimes to catch hold of my green pentil very and L. John: I have never tightly to prevent it running away ing, of the Royal Canadian ́ ́ Air in all my life laid an egg. Yet in and possibly getting me into trouble. Force, returning from Aklavik spite of this physical daablity I am But in no sphere of life is humour, told the United Press that the perfectly well able to tell a good egg mors welcome and useful than in Soviet aviator Levanosky's next
to enjoy the dull round of ocial routine.
attempt will be on a different from a bad one, and
route. (Laughter).
The speaker
purposely begin my remarks this afternoon in this manner in
On a rather serious and report at mine in another
order the Governor's minute wa
of results.
THE
that i may at the outset disavow is yet that humorous little world did not can the least possible clog the machinery completely claim to
enjoy a joke, who cannot appreciate in through ting
Edmonton, Aug. 6. Flight Lieutenant D. A. Hard-
The pilot Sohololos, associated Professor of the Soviet Research Council of Aeronautics, who flow
to be or to pone as a humorist famous Lord Curson was not exactly to Aklavik from Vancouver in or however that word may be spelt in noted for his humour, but even hader to guide the Soviet fliors, sent the local press. But I do claim to unbent on one occasion and brought a radio to Moscow advising the share with you all the power to enjoy it into serious use to convey a neat aviators to proceed via the Mac- Cannot little reproof to one of his hands of kenzie River Valley to Edmonton, * joke. And the man who
ciate departments. He had got tired of
pages of almost thence to Spokane and thence to humour, is losing one of the
moat legible
and finally the coast, in order to avold the Rocky Mountains.-- precious possessions that life has to muted on one batch of Bles: hazardous
is indeed offer. Ho
dull dog, whatever his nationality, whatever hir Agren with the views of the gentle United Press. profession, who cannot on occasion man whose lgnature resembles ser, and make serious use of, the trombone." funny side of things.
Some nationalities are credited with being slow at appreciation of humour, Blow at seeing the point of a joke, but they all woo it in the end even though their enlightenment may come a long period afterwards and possibly at an awkward moment. (Laughter).
Somo
by laymen
to
Humour in Religion
very
Humour in religion needs skilful handling, but I see no reason why reverence and wit should not occasionally go hand in hand to serve the same ideal. A Father Flynn Bong "Why says in the famous leave the galety all to the laity?" professions, too, are thought It is not so long ago that in St. be dry SER dust, John's Cathedral the parson got up in to be monotonous.. to be by the pulpit and without any pro- their very
free nature less
began: for minary
Introduction frivolity than
professions. Rhoda! Shut the door!" and I tell Yet it is these very professions that you, i ant up and listened to that provide us with the sharpest and Reinon. (Laughter). cleanest of wits, the most sparkling May I give another Illustration.
Fathor Staunton, a epigrams.
real Saint if ever humble curate
other
of aphorisms and instance, must there was one, while a
Surely a judge,
be a model of decorum and aobriety in a famous London parish, began in his work; yet the wit issuing from his address somewhat in this fashion. the Bench in proverbial.
"My dear friends, I always thought it was the privilege of the young to knit ladies of the congregation
A parson, too, is of course dedicated in his profession to the most serious nide of life. Yet who will question or deny the wit of such divines a Sydney Smith or Father Healy The Ingoldsby Legends were written by a parson, a Canon of St. Paul- and he was blind.
"Bird's Eye View"!
I am
socks for the curate. I have been curate here for a great many years, but not one of you has knitted me a
Bockel" pair of He
then
just to let that sink in. want 500 by next Xmas." And then went on to explain that he parish. Needless to say ho got them needed them for the postmen of the and won the hearts of the ladles of his congregation and his socks by his humour.
he mid want ŋot one pair,"
the play.
Stage Hamour
A
Ton
Levaneaky set out to fly from Moscow across the North Pole ta San Francisco, but a leaking fast line forced him back.
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As I said just now the humour of thero the Bench Is proverbial and are one or two gentlemen here who could, I am sure, support my state- ment.
Did Mr. Justice Darling or famous London magistrato. Plowden "lose face" by the little jests that fell dutifully from their lips and were laughed at by respectful counsel and oven occasionally by the prisoner-in- the-dock? I venture to claim that they did not, and that British Justice remains all the firmer in the eyes of the work because it can be tempered with humour.
When
a judge asks innocently in Court "Who is Mae West?"
Ice House Street!" "Where (laughter) might be not be doing so with the express intention of re- RASH DRIVING CASE Hoving a tense atmosphere by making of and serious 1180 Judicious humour:
One could of course go round the and trakles, butcher, professions,
·AND, FINED $30 serious use of humo baker, candlestick-maker all can make YOUNG CHINESE CONVICTED
NLY YESTERDAY
a
or
A
Universal Picture
NEXT CHANGE: "LOTTERY LOVER"
CONCLUDED
young
STEAMER PIRATED
PASSENGERS ROBRED AND SIX TAKEN AWAY
“Ninking, Au. B. One good thing about humour in
The Chinese Steamer. Ningpo, Chinese, Donald
which left here for Pochen on joke, need not be educated or, to Young, was yesterday afternoon Sunday morning was robbed by a that you needn't be clever to enjoy go even farther, need not even on fined $30 by Mr. W. Schofield, at party of pirates who boarded the
and bamour has been officially recognised and encouraged as a suitable bridge between primitive native races and the civilised. Lord Lugard in his classic "The Dual Mandato" lald considerable stress on the use that may be made of chaff
natives. and banter with primitive
elvilland;
Travellers. Yarns
steamer while she was on the way
to Pochen.
the Central Magistracy, on being on a summons taken convicted out by Mr. J. A. Bendali, of the P.W.D., for driving private car All the twenty passengers on" No. 1878, without due care and board were robbed by the pirates,.. caution at 4 p.m. on July 21 in who made good their escape. Repulse Bay Road."
It is also reported that six of, The original summons was issu the passengers have been taken od against Mr. Robert Young, defendant's elder brother, but away by the pirates. this was withdrawn by Inspector Alexander.
There is no peod, however, for one to be a professed or a professional huniorist in order to got full value out of the fun of life and in any case Wo have plenty of professiona! humorists in Hongkong and right good value they give us. I exact. On the stage, of course, and in many of you, like myself, glance at the film the use of comic relief to
strain of the the snappy paragraphs on the front
case the
dramatic page of the morning paper before moment, to clear the throat of that getting down to the latest disturbing little choke is as old as the stage news about the dancing
itself and far older than the film. believe that my own staff know whe- Shakespeare, Gilbert and Sullivan, ther I am going to be in a good or a and practically all serious films and bad temper that morning even before plays make use of it. The other day I have not forgotten Rotarian I have signed the attendance book the A.D.C. put on "The Minutes Champkin's warning of about a year by seeing if there is a good laugh Allbl, and you may remember how ago as to the boredom of travellers'
The Incident has caused the Chinese authorities considerable. от д gentle chuckle in the "Bird's Eye there was introduced just for one yarns, but just briefly I should like View" or "Bulls and Inners."
mninute, and I don't believe it was a to quote my personal experience in take it, gentlemen,
second longer, a perfect little camen this respect. Blake a nigger laugh
Mr. Bendall stated in evidence concern in view of the fact that hoging, of the manager of taking to a hard-ce of It came
restaurant and that nigger will work. enlculating audience..of
at the end of that on the afternoon of July 21 it occurred in the immediate Many a time bave business men (laughter) who from Just at the right moment to lighten a long day's footslogging in the bash he was driving his car, No. 1173, vicinity of the capital.
The capital gendarmes have found the carrièrs eight in the morning to seven at night
and myself in the direction of Repulse Bay. have their noses right down to the
Joke to He was third in a-line of about been instructed to investigate The comic landlady, the silly ass, lagging and used some grindstone, earning their meagre pit- Mrs. Malaprop, the fovis drunkard spur them on. True, the foke had six or seven cars. Accompanying into the matter.-Wah Kiu Yat Po tance by the sweat of their brows in and so on are common examples of itself to be somewhat primitive and him were his wife, two children a serious struggle for exi
existence. and serious use the tragic stage makes possibly a bit rabalaisian butt and their amah. He was driving was a straight stretch of road, Don't
your little procession laughing and you find occasionally that the
their heads about 20 to 30 miles an hour down and as the touring car was pro- jule, the latest joke, a funny
A sense of humour in a doctor can with 80 lb. loads story will ease the tension of a busi be as valuable as his hottest poultice they'd do that last two miles of a the hill. When approaching the ceeding slowly, he sounded his
medicine. tiring journey in half an hour. bend before, reaching "Overbaya", nose argument, will posalbiy lead to or his mont nauseous the clinching of a delicate bargain, while if a dentist could keep his There was a little trouble in Kenya he was aware of a car trying to hon. The driver of the tearing will add just that, little weight
in
victim roaring with laughter he the other day with the Masal. They overtake. The corner was a right car, then put out his hand and the serious use of humour by the would not have to use that beastly are the humorists of Africa All six hand corner, and he saw the other signalled him to pass. He over foot in height, born fighters, reared to *
hesitating gag. (Laughter).
almost end, they are
car overtaking him on his sight look while still about fifteen yards customer? I feel sure you do, for
entirely on a diet of raw meat, milk and
innate about 35 to 40 miles an hour. He from the corner. He aww another mercantile community has now been
(witness) was then about twenty car approaching after he had definitely recognised. Great firms
I suppose the greatest tragedy humorists. like Bovril, Eno's, the oil, the soap to the human race that has happened If things are the same now as they yards from the car in front of overtaken. When overtaking he was not dog more than 80 miles firms must be spending, thousands of in our or any other time was the were some 16 years ago this is in him, and, as it appeared, to him an hour. He did not see any cars short the explanation of the incident, that the overtaidag car wanted to in front of the touring car, nor pounds and dollars in humorous Great War. Its death roll, its hor- advertisements. The oil and petrol for its turible and lasting results For countless considered firms must be spending about a dollar
slow down. As he neared the a week on me alone; the soap firm are fresh in the minds of most of warrior las stations no 18681 pass him on the bend, he began to aid he overtake any cars imme- Corroborative evidence Was us and wild at first algat ngem | his salt; worthy of being well corner, he saw another car ap-|
until he bashed however
optimistic.
scarcely form a suitable back- (Laughter),
obviously if he le casting his eyes proaching in the opposite direc ground for humour.
brother to the defendant, but Yet who can measure the allevia about for a suitable mate he must tion, and he therefore pulled in given by Young Sin, younger sharply to the left side of the when asked by Mr. Bendall why Alo tion of pain and distress, both physical come with proper credentials and mented, that was brought about obviously this sort of thing cannot be road, jammed on the brakes and he had turned round and laughed officially countenanced. Bo some stopped. A car which wae at him when he fammed on his by the
serious use of humour.
Touder was not knitted years ago District Officers we sent following immediately behind his brakes and stopped, witness asid because he sang of young ladies in hither and thither to explain what also stopped. The overtaking he was joking with his sister who
thistles, nor did a splendid manly thing it was
A
mot
balance
Brg not
Advertisements Compared
of humour.
Humour and the War
kiita sitting on
..
on
Unanswerable!
of
diately behind it.
Concocted Story
I wonder if any of you remember the early advertisements of Eno's Fruit Salt. They were very far from humorous; in fact they were, and I believe they were intended to be, thoroughly depressing. I remem George Robay got his C.B.E. because itself to get married, no need for car, however, passed and shot ber one of an old man, Svler disease, make us blush. No! they received. make a man a man was to get mar-front of him. just on the corner.)
with uplifted ayebrows he tried to silly useless killing, and the thing to scrose to the left of the road in was following in another car. the last stage of some morbid
He noted the number of the over- riding a horse, suffering so far as
Mr. Schofield, convicting defer- and earned, their honours because of riod. a similar
taking car, which was 1678, and one could jadge from
nation's
followed it. At Repulse Bay, bedant, said it was quite clear from disease, going slowly along a dismal the work which they and their pro-
Zeusion did in taking the road on a gloomy murky sight. The thoughts temporarily away from the A young District Officer having found out that the car which was the evidence that he had again to advertisement claimed that Eno's horrors of the time. In the blackest duly delivered himself of the official following him belonged to Mr choose between two perfectly would cure any disorder leading to weeks of the War Bairnsfather's pic oration asked his audience if they Brodie, and approached him at different stories. One mist be euch doop mantal dopremion. tares in the Bystander and the jokes would like to ask any questions. A Repulse Bay. He did not give rejected, and somebody was tell- (Laughter).
in Punch could raise s laugh from the magnificent specimen
the overtaking car the algual to Ingles. There was some ex- of practically stark Now look at the advertisement re most wearled war-worker. Roster waredness, fus
did not remember ternal confirmation of the com- Eng's to-day Picture after pleture parties the famous Roosters nakedness, Just said to the District pass, and by celebrated artist showing a could make the soldier fresh from Officer: "Bir, are you married 7aving heard a horn sounded, plainant's story as he had a wit Mr. Bendall then informed Mr. nom in the car behind him, and general, an admira), landlady the trenches, or immediately due to He was not, Laughter). shouting to a guilty-looking lot of return the pain and the horror of yawning. I know I have said' enough Brodie, was unable to attend that car. The défendant's brother forget for a moment theBut already Ises Mr. Champkin Schoflad that ale witness. Me defendant gave no evidenco as to soldiers, sellors, or boarders "Who's squalor, been at my Eno's 1" Why the very.
to justify my claim that the blessed Court owing to pressure of buslimself admitted having turned picture puts In a good mood
you
Burely, and not for the British na gift, the saving graos of humour is potential customer!
tion only, humour "did its bit" in the one of which the most serious use Again I remember a picture of a Great War
can be made by all ranks of society, Lady of uncertain size but of quite
I am glad to all nationalities, all creeds arul all And talking of Punch, certain debility looking with suspicion find myself in this report in agree professiona at a bottle of Tonic Wine and the
Ons word more, Inscription was: "The doctor orderment with the old buffer who was
May in feeble Imitation talking on the wireless a few weeks ed
Nowadays these
and who placed Punch among the world-famous orator whom I had the medicines are advertised by pictures: Voltme
pation's masota. You, nationa can privilege of hearing at this hospitable bf beautiful giris who not ton benent by humour just as much aboard, conclude with; a little veran, modest in exhibiting their charms, individuals.
a prayer?
For this prayer was found written are at any rate obviously in the very And I am so glad to see that books boot
and spirits such as Memories of Camp Fol on Httle scrap of paper in hdm, and he followed this car circumstances giv (Laughter)
lower, "The Inter Side of the In Chester Cathedral: Bovril, the plonner in humorous | Great Warid men now appearing, not advertisement, Kas nevar looked back as we belittling of the seriousbean: of from the time many years ago when war but giving outstanding examplas. Ir started with In Lamond Blowig and wren in such awal timer of (the
serious/pike of hur our..
ar
Lord
Give me a SUTKA
of.
humour
GITE To get home happiness in life,
me the grace to see a joke,
* And pass it on to other folks
neas.
round and laughed. It was, he Defendant's Version held, clear that defendant took the risk of driving without proper The dofendant, do the witness caution, and that his brother was box, said that he was driving car laughing at the complainant. No. 1878 on the afternoon of July The two had since concocted the 21, and with him were his brother, story they had told the Court. He two cousins and two children.. sould not conceive anyone bring Passing. Wong Nei Chong Gap, being a summons against a man for noticed a touring car in front of passing on the straight under the down the Hill, Near Repulse Bay fence.
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