Word: humorizing
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...remedies there are as many as there are lectures. Excessive reading of books, high and dry prohibition, dancing, have all been set forth as the one sure method of saving the world from itself. The latest is by Mr. Glenn Frank, who thinks a sense of humor will do the trick...
...happily ignorant Irish youth with an itch to write stories. He made money easily enough, but was always worried about the college education he had missed. His son was to go to college and proceed from there to the composition of deathless literature instead of the ephemeral magazine humor which paid the family bills so promptly. The son preferred business. Only his affection for a girl who could write palliated his father's incredulous discomfiture...
...other day Serge Koussevitzky, new conductor of the same organization, played Rimsky-Korsakov's Scherzo of the Bee. The audience liked it? liked its imaginative humor, its showiness. They clapped loud and long. The piece is very short. Without hesitation, Mr. Koussevitzky turned back the page, lifted his wand; the Scherzo of the Bee was replayed...
...Forgan was widely and affectionately known as "J.B." and "The Old War Horse." His humor was kindly, his sense of justice, honesty and discipline that of a stern Scot. Testimonials from his friends reflected the gratitude Chicago owed him for his services during 30 years of prosperity and panic...
...caught the vigor and rude strength of life in newly settled California. His clear, pointed style has swept the ceremonious diction of the Victorian writers from American fiction; and above all, he express that gaiety and resilience which are the distinguishing American characteristics. Bret Harte is the prophet of humor and humanity, but like most prophets he is honored everywhere but in his own land...