In this column, Clare discusses her dislike of puns and discusses the difference between puns and humor. Clare feels that humor is necessary for life and can be found almost everywhere and in anything while puns are drawn out of the manipulation of words. Clare feels that of the two, humor is the healthy form of amusement, while puns and pun-making is vacant and empty.
An electronic version of this text was previously available in CONTENTdm and has been migrated to Lehigh University's Digital Collections. Reconstruction of direct links to individual articles is in progress. In the meantime, browse issues of the Saturday Press in the Vault at Pfaff's Digital Collection. Page images of The New York Saturday Press were scanned from microfilm owned by Emory University, which was made from original copies held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Though much of her early life, including her real name and exact date of birth, remains in shadow, Laura Keene is thought to have come from a well-to-do background.
