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A CHEAP MEDICINE 13
WHY DON'T YOU LAUGH? 14

II. THE CURE FOR AMERICANITIS 16
A WORRYING WOMAN 19
OUR HAWAIIAN PARADISE 22
A WEATHER BREEDER 24
"WHAT IS AN OPTIMIST?" 27
LIVING UP THANKSGIVING AVENUE 29

III. OILING YOUR BUSINESS MACHINERY 31
SINGING AT YOUR WORK 33
GOOD HUMOR 35
"LE DIABLE EST MORT" 38

IV. TAKING YOUR FUN EVERY DAY AS YOU DO YOUR WORK 42
UNWORKED JOY MINES 44
THE QUEEN OF THE WORLD 45

V. FINDING WHAT YOU DO NOT SEEK 51
CHARLES LAMB 53
JOHN B. GOUGH 55
PHILLIPS BROOKS 60

VI. "LOOKING PLEASANT"--A THING TO BE WORKED FROM THE INSIDE 64
WORTH FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS 66
THE "DON'T WORRY" SOCIETY 67
A PLEASURE BOOK 69

VII. THE SUNSHINE-MAN 73

CHEERFULNESS AS A LIFE POWER.

I. WHAT VANDERBILT PAID FOR TWELVE LAUGHS.

William K. Vanderbilt, when he last visited Constantinople, one day
invited Coquelin the elder, so celebrated for his powers as a mimic, who
happened to be in the city at the time, to give a private recital on
board his yacht, lying in the Bosphorus. Coquelin spoke three of his
monologues. A few days afterwards Coquelin received the following
memorandum from the millionaire:--

"You have brought tears to our eyes and laughter to our hearts. Since
all philosophers are agreed that laughing is preferable to weeping, your
account with me stands thus:--

"For tears, six times . . . $600
"For laughter, twelve times . . 2,400
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