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Laughter when it is - but of Ia v" spurious laughers nas red on by such adiv.cnilpMHHß "Laugh and the work! 1 a' : gh : * you ; weep' and yon weep a!«. n •,' people eager lor th-»* which is aerorried lo tlr jolly rcrson have consciously <r.U<, r.'.cd a curious kind ox cacbiimation whica; does duty for laughter. A certain type of modern r,;..n i n a "breezy" manner and a Ufo'H in.;nairian laugh invaluable n a.h.?rincr business deals. Such manucatations of geniality and good ivturc tend to disarm suspiricn a: d to invite confidence.
No one .ever suspects a fat ;o i-.l man of having committed tla?'.'- J'-nd dreadsome crimes; whereas the iy.o rose sad nian is immediately n.v.vcl out for suspicion. "He loo!-:s as f he had committed a murder," rc.>ple whisper to each other, although the poor soul is probably only Buffering from an attack of Indigestion.
It is a footed con . ictitn in the n.inds of many people that ro long as a person can laugh heartily all must be well with him. This may be true of genuins laughter, but there are many excellent imitations.—The "Gentlewoman.- - '
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 610, 11 October 1913, Page 7
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189UNKNOWN King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 610, 11 October 1913, Page 7
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