Laugh and Live

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK BRITTON PUBLISHING COMPANY

1917

TO MY MOTHER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I—"Whistle and Hoe—Sing As We Go" CHAPTER II—Taking Stock of Ourselves CHAPTER III—Advantages of an Early Start CHAPTER IV—Profiting by Experience CHAPTER V—Energy, Success and Laughter CHAPTER VI—Building Up a Personality CHAPTER VII—Honesty, the Character Builder CHAPTER VIII—Cleanliness of Body and Mind CHAPTER IX—Consideration for Others CHAPTER X—Keeping Ourselves Democratic CHAPTER XI—Self-Education by Good Reading CHAPTER XII—Physical and Mental Preparedness CHAPTER XIII—Self-indulgence and Failure CHAPTER XIV—Living Beyond Our Means CHAPTER XV—Initiative and Self-Reliance CHAPTER XVI—Failure to Seize Opportunities CHAPTER XVII—Assuming Responsibilities CHAPTER XVIII—Wedlock in Time CHAPTER XIX—Laugh and Live CHAPTER XX—A "CLOSE-UP" OF DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Laugh and Live Do You Ever Laugh? Over the Hedge and on His Way Preparing to Pair With the Prickly Pear A Little Spin Among the Saplings Over the Hills and Far Away—Father and Son A Scene from "His Picture in the Papers" A Scene from "The Americano"—Matching Wits for Gold Taking on Local Color A Scene from "His Picture in the Papers" Douglas Fairbanks in "The Good Bad-Man" Squaring Things With Sister—From "The Habit of Happiness" A Scene from "In Again—Out Again" Bungalowing in California Demonstrating the Monk and the Hand-Organ to a Body of Psychologists "Wedlock in Time"—The Fairbanks' Family Here's Hoping A Close-Up

LIVE AND LAUGH

CHAPTER I

"WHISTLE AND HOE—SING AS WE GO"

CHAPTER II

TAKING STOCK OF OURSELVES

CHAPTER III

ADVANTAGES OF AN EARLY START

CHAPTER IV

PROFITING BY EXPERIENCE

CHAPTER V

ENERGY, SUCCESS AND LAUGHTER

CHAPTER VI