lack of oil. What is needed is a habit of cheerfulness, to enjoy every
day as we go along; not to fret and stew all the week, and then expect
to make up for it Sunday or on some holiday. It is not a question of
mirth so much as of cheerfulness; not alone that which accompanies
laughter, but serenity,--a calm, sweet soul-contentment and inward
peace. Are there not multitudes of people who have the "blues," who yet
wish well to their neighbors? They would say kind words and make the
world happier--but they "haven't the time." To lead them to look on the
sunny side of things, and to take a little time every day to speak
pleasant words, is the message of the hour.

THE AUTHOR.

In the preparation of these pages, amid the daily demands of
journalistic work, the author has been assisted by Mr. E. P. Tenney, of
Cambridge.




TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I. WHAT VANDERBILT PAID FOR TWELVE LAUGHS 7
THE LAUGH CURE 9
A CHEAP MEDICINE 13
WHY DON'T YOU LAUGH? 14

II. THE CURE FOR AMERICANITIS 16
A WORRYING WOMAN 19
OUR HAWAIIAN PARADISE 22