DON'T BE TOO FUNNY

New Zealand Tablet, 10 September 1908, Page 37

DON'T BE TOO FUNNY

Some girls take a particular ,pride in saying sniart things. It would be far better for them to cultivate t>e faculty of saying kind things.. Smart sayings sometimes hurt people. It is yery hard to'love a person -who is .always ready to make fun : of something or somebody. " ' Kindness, is "the word '— particularly for girls. The following words from one of our exchanges , are apropos :— The habit of making laughable analogies between ; a, person's actions or words and something either humiliating or vulgar, is not uncommon The wag, .proud. of his ' applauded keen perception, and glorying in his ludicrous com- ; pansons between persons and things; . can . b_e- found anywhere] in fact, there are few places without' such a pest.' In' every cheap theatre, the ' wit \ is the show ; in every social club, the 'wit' is the life of the place; and^on every street corner the ■ loquacious wit is not ashamed. to show his ill-breeding, and shallowness. Nothing can "be said or done in "his hearing that will not. provoke a 4 witty ,' saying or- a. clever comparison.