A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

About this eBook

Author

Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944

Title

A laugh a day keeps the doctor away

Original Publication

United States: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc,1923.

Credits

Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at www.pgdpcanada.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Anecdotes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69467

Release Date

December 4, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FOREWORD — CONTENTS [ Topically Arranged ]
2. 2.§ 1 The Untraveled Stranger
3. 3.§ 2 The Prudent Mr. Finnerty
4. 4.§ 3 Enough for Wilkins
5. 5.§ 4 Why the Major Didn’t Suit
6. 6.§ 5 Grandfather Laughed at This One
7. 7.§ 6 The Day Denver Was Surprised
8. 8.§ 7 And Worth the Money, Too!
9. 9.§ 8 The Spirit of Seventy-six, with Improvements
10. 10.§ 9 Protecting the Gentler Sex
11. 11.§ 10 Not at All Singular
12. 12.§ 11 Strictly in Confidence
13. 13.§ 12 He Didn’t Believe in Signs
14. 14.§ 13 Advice to Charlie Chaplin
15. 15.§ 14 What Aunt Myra Desired
16. 16.§ 15 When the Dawn of Understanding Came
17. 17.§ 16 As Translated into the English
18. 18.§ 17 Absolutely no Hurry about It
19. 19.§ 18 One Who Desired to Know
20. 20.§ 19 The Poor Aim of Mr. Zeno
21. 21.§ 20 Curing the Great Thirst
22. 22.§ 21 The Ways of the Army
23. 23.§ 22 Remote from the Real Centers
24. 24.§ 23 The Way of the Neighborhood
25. 25.§ 24 A Radical Difference Noted
26. 26.§ 25 Where the Partnership Dissolved
27. 27.§ 26 Absolutely Unfitted for the Rôle
28. 28.§ 27 The Careful MacTavish
29. 29.§ 28 The Sway of Eloquence
30. 30.§ 29 The Unuttered Wish
31. 31.§ 30 The Gift of Tongues
32. 32.§ 31 He Lacked Storage Space
33. 33.§ 32 The Voice of the Purist
34. 34.§ 33 There Spoke Envy’s Voice
35. 35.§ 34 The Treacherous Warehouse
36. 36.§ 35 A Scotchman’s Conscience
37. 37.§ 36 Establishing an Identity
38. 38.§ 37 An Earnest Cry for Help
39. 39.§ 38 The Pride of Creative Genius
40. 40.§ 39 The Prompt Response
41. 41.§ 40 Once Every Ten Years
42. 42.§ 41 One Detail Was Missing
43. 43.§ 42 In Permanent Storage
44. 44.§ 43 What Might Be Called an Active Man
45. 45.§ 44 Sauce for the Goose
46. 46.§ 45 Driven Beyond His Strength
47. 47.§ 46 The Custom of the Country
48. 48.§ 47 Sight Unseen, As It Were
49. 49.§ 48 A Born Snob
50. 50.§ 49 Maybe Not on the Second Day, Either
51. 51.§ 50 Calling a Spade a Spade
52. 52.§ 51 Poor Aim but Good Intent
53. 53.§ 52 There Spake True Friendship
54. 54.§ 53 The Tools Were Lacking
55. 55.§ 54 A Tribute to Moderation
56. 56.§ 55 The Instantaneous Diagnosis
57. 57.§ 56 In Fact, a Positive Fad
58. 58.§ 57 Something Like a Wampus, Probably
59. 59.§ 58 An Education in Peril
60. 60.§ 59 A Lover of Statistics
61. 61.§ 60 History in the Un-Making
62. 62.§ 61 Solving a Dark Mystery
63. 63.§ 62 Enough of a Good Thing
64. 64.§ 63 Absolutely Bored by the Whole Thing
65. 65.§ 64 The Question Categorical
66. 66.§ 65 Before or After Taking?
67. 67.§ 66 A Time for All Things
68. 68.§ 67 Tuesday Would Be Just Like Sunday
69. 69.§ 68 A Sort of Circulating Medium, as It Were
70. 70.§ 69 A Service to the Whole Land
71. 71.§ 70 Deportment Taught by Wire
72. 72.§ 71 Speaking of Carrier Pigeons
73. 73.§ 72 Total Loss!
74. 74.§ 73 With All Good Wishes
75. 75.§ 74 A Start from Humble Beginnings
76. 76.§ 75 The Confusing Geography of Jersey
77. 77.§ 76 With Credit to S. Blythe
78. 78.§ 77 When the H. C. of L. Came Down
79. 79.§ 78 How to Beat the System
80. 80.§ 79 An Echo from 1865
81. 81.§ 80 There’d Be a Popular Uprising
82. 82.§ 81 From the Book of Moses
83. 83.§ 82 Almost Startling, Really
84. 84.§ 83 A Violent Indisposition
85. 85.§ 84 The Simplest of Remedies
86. 86.§ 85 Proving There’s Something in a Name
87. 87.§ 86 Question: How Far Did George Go?
88. 88.§ 87 Natural Proof
89. 89.§ 88 A Domicile for All Eternity
90. 90.§ 89 The Man Who Was Thursday
91. 91.§ 90 The Least of His Worries
92. 92.§ 91 This One Stood the Test of Time
93. 93.§ 92 The Prudent Bride
94. 94.§ 93 As a Favor to the Railroad
95. 95.§ 94 Where the Real Fault Lay
96. 96.§ 95 An Appeal to the Senses
97. 97.§ 96 The Truth from the Inside
98. 98.§ 97 The Fate of the Saloon
99. 99.§ 98 What the Case Called For
100. 100.§ 99 The Light that Failed
101. 101.§ 100 He’d Have Preferred Union Hours
102. 102.§ 101 The Perils of Pranking
103. 103.§ 102 The Really Important Point
104. 104.§ 103 The Proper Remedy at Last
105. 105.§ 104 An Anniversary to Be Remembered
106. 106.§ 105 The Handiwork of the Amateur
107. 107.§ 106 The Forethoughted Widow
108. 108.§ 107 Bumpy Times for the Late Lamented
109. 109.§ 108 The Genesis of an Old Favorite
110. 110.§ 109 “A Rose by Any Other Name . . .”
111. 111.§ 110 A Detail of Figures
112. 112.§ 111 Provision for the Future
113. 113.§ 112 The Life of the Party, as It Were
114. 114.§ 113 Something to Look Forward To
115. 115.§ 114 Me Lady’s One Weak Point
116. 116.§ 115 At the Crossing of the Ways
117. 117.§ 116 The Mysterious Stranger
118. 118.§ 117 A Chronic Loser
119. 119.§ 118 The Call of the Far East
120. 120.§ 119 He Wouldn’t Commit Himself Yet
121. 121.§ 120 A Seasonable and Timely Suggestion
122. 122.§ 121 Not Vouched For as Absolutely Authentic
123. 123.§ 122 One Time When the Colonel Balked
124. 124.§ 123 And No Steam Calliope, Either
125. 125.§ 124 Absolutely Nothing to Debate
126. 126.§ 125 Keeping It in the Family
127. 127.§ 126 Speaking, as It Were, with Frankness
128. 128.§ 127 Glass of Fashion and Mould of Form!
129. 129.§ 128 Down to the Solid Portions
130. 130.§ 129 An Anti-Expectoration Advocate
131. 131.§ 130 Putting Depew in His Place
132. 132.§ 131 How Larry Boosted the Game
133. 133.§ 132 When Goldstein Really Cut Loose
134. 134.§ 133 Tired of Dealing with Crooks
135. 135.§ 134 By Way of Compromise
136. 136.§ 135 The Lady Made Good at Last
137. 137.§ 136 The Low-Down on the Saw-Milling Business
138. 138.§ 137 There Spoke a Sympathizing Soul
139. 139.§ 138 The Inevitable Consequences
140. 140.§ 139 Not Listed among the Leading Ones Anyhow
141. 141.§ 140 A Warning to the Yanks
142. 142.§ 141 In the Nature of a Shock
143. 143.§ 142 His Worst Fears Confirmed
144. 144.§ 143 Only Three Had Remained
145. 145.§ 144 She Who Sought for Peace
146. 146.§ 145 An Exception for a Native Son
147. 147.§ 146 Without Professional Assistance
148. 148.§ 147 Making It Harder Than Ever
149. 149.§ 148 Why They Called Him Speedy
150. 150.§ 149 There Would Be Three in All
151. 151.§ 150 The Colonel’s Checking System
152. 152.§ 151 The Reunion of the Aged
153. 153.§ 152 Probably Stewed Kidneys Ran Third
154. 154.§ 153 Pretty Pol!
155. 155.§ 154 The Unforgivable Sin
156. 156.§ 155 The Burden of the Black Brother
157. 157.§ 156 Openings in the Higher Branches
158. 158.§ 157 A Distinction and a Difference
159. 159.§ 158 The Prediction That Came True
160. 160.§ 159 It Wasn’t His Move, Either
161. 161.§ 160 Spreading the Feast for the Stranger
162. 162.§ 161 A Very Natural Request
163. 163.§ 162 The Voice of a Prophet
164. 164.§ 163 The Trifles of an Earlier Day
165. 165.§ 164 In Accordance with the Ritual
166. 166.§ 165 A Customer Who Wasn’t Wanted
167. 167.§ 166 The Surest System Yet
168. 168.§ 167 All According to Specifications
169. 169.§ 168 The Reason the Artist Quit
170. 170.§ 169 To the Depths of Dogology
171. 171.§ 170 Time Was No Object
172. 172.§ 171 A Diagnosis Made Offhand
173. 173.§ 172 Remodeling the Calendar
174. 174.§ 173 Of a Careless Nature
175. 175.§ 174 The Light That Failed
176. 176.§ 175 Sir Izaak Walton in Black
177. 177.§ 176 Doing Something for the Patient
178. 178.§ 177 The Real Point of the Joke
179. 179.§ 178 The Mystery of Wednesday
180. 180.§ 179 The Cockney and the Lady
181. 181.§ 180 Neither Here Nor There
182. 182.§ 181 One of the Marvels of Science
183. 183.§ 182 The Proper End of a Caddy
184. 184.§ 183 One Way to Beat the Game
185. 185.§ 184 Absolutely No Reason for It
186. 186.§ 185 The Withdrawal of the Candidate
187. 187.§ 186 A Peacemaker Who Blessed Himself
188. 188.§ 187 The Long Wait at Burlington
189. 189.§ 188 Where Jimmy’s Education Really Was Shy
190. 190.§ 189 The Made-in-England Substitute
191. 191.§ 190 Practically Destitute
192. 192.§ 191 Assigning G. B. S. to His Place
193. 193.§ 192 A Voice from the Void
194. 194.§ 193 Taking Nothing from Nothing
195. 195.§ 194 The Fate of Poor Harry
196. 196.§ 195 A Wholesale Order
197. 197.§ 196 This “Yes” and That “Yes”
198. 198.§ 197 Satisfactory in Every Respect
199. 199.§ 198 Precisely the Right Word
200. 200.§ 199 Touching on London Weather
201. 201.§ 200 The Detour in the Bridal Path
202. 202.§ 201 Tuesday May Have Been Worse
203. 203.§ 202 A Touch of Summer Complaint
204. 204.§ 203 He Never Went There Anyhow
205. 205.§ 204 Where Republicans Are Scarce
206. 206.§ 205 The Sole Drawback to Utter Success
207. 207.§ 206 Sure Damnation for Somebody
208. 208.§ 207 The Final Smash
209. 209.§ 208 Making It Unanimous
210. 210.§ 209 Advice from Expert Sources
211. 211.§ 210 A Seeker after Hidden Facts
212. 212.§ 211 The Curfew in Nebraska
213. 213.§ 212 The Reward of the Early Riser
214. 214.§ 213 A Competition Which Was Open to All
215. 215.§ 214 Not the Order of the Bath
216. 216.§ 215 The Embarrassing Broad A
217. 217.§ 216 Tributes to the Late Lamented Ones
218. 218.§ 217 And the Point of Order Was Sustained
219. 219.§ 218 The Light That Lies in Bankers’ Eyes
220. 220.§ 219 A Call for the Prohibited Stuff
221. 221.§ 220 The Perfect Introduction
222. 222.§ 221 An Answer Right Off the Ice
223. 223.§ 222 Where He Could Go for Thirty Cents
224. 224.§ 223 Overlooking No Side Bets
225. 225.§ 224 The Lick That Won the Victory
226. 226.§ 225 No Closed Season on Fanchon
227. 227.§ 226 Down and Out for the Count
228. 228.§ 227 The Plan of the Shut-In
229. 229.§ 228 The Quick-Thinking Referee
230. 230.§ 229 George, the Forbearing
231. 231.§ 230 An Old One and Its Younger Half-Brother
232. 232.§ 231 Corroboration from On High
233. 233.§ 232 Suffering from a Relapse
234. 234.§ 233 One Old Enough to Merit Respect
235. 235.§ 234 The Retort Courteous
236. 236.§ 235 The Proper Point of View
237. 237.§ 236 Between the Cloves and the Hiccough
238. 238.§ 237 War Upon the Reptiles
239. 239.§ 238 One of Those Nature-Faking Yarns
240. 240.§ 239 The Unaccommodating Kansan
241. 241.§ 240 The Happy Return
242. 242.§ 241 Bringing in the Sheaves
243. 243.§ 242 Regarding the Brooklyn Boys
244. 244.§ 243 When O. Henry Met the Poet Scout
245. 245.§ 244 Our Institutions Approved
246. 246.§ 245 The Annoyed Mr. Goldstein
247. 247.§ 246 Darkness Before the Dawn
248. 248.§ 247 A Scandal in the Family
249. 249.§ 248 Aiding the Sheriff’s Vision
250. 250.§ 249 The Affair in Half Moon Street
251. 251.§ 250 Everything Coming Out Just Right
252. 252.§ 251 Delivered Through a Middleman
253. 253.§ 252 Back to God’s Country
254. 254.§ 253 Hail and Farewell!
255. 255.§ 254 Calculated to Work Improvements
256. 256.§ 255 Improvements in the Language
257. 257.§ 256 An Abiding Delusion, Too
258. 258.§ 257 Bordering on the Unreasonable
259. 259.§ 258 A Slight for the Kellys
260. 260.§ 259 The Luck of the Absentee
261. 261.§ 260 Everything Happens for the Worst
262. 262.§ 261 Spreading the Glad Tidings
263. 263.§ 262 Out of Business Hours
264. 264.§ 263 In the Ascending Scale
265. 265.§ 264 A Family of Imitators
266. 266.§ 265 Two Conundrums and a Tragedy
267. 267.§ 266 In the Very Lap of Comfort
268. 268.§ 267 Making It a Sweepstakes
269. 269.§ 268 Filling a Long-Felt Want
270. 270.§ 269 Spoken from the Heart Out
271. 271.§ 270 Where Proper Relief Lay
272. 272.§ 271 No Repetitions for Hubby
273. 273.§ 272 There Was No Hurry about It
274. 274.§ 273 An Attack on the Affiliated Talent
275. 275.§ 274 The Deceased Had Been Forehanded
276. 276.§ 275 How the Reform Worked
277. 277.§ 276 Where Higher Education Would Have Landed Him
278. 278.§ 277 Scarcely a Lucrative Calling
279. 279.§ 278 A Plea for Studied Action
280. 280.§ 279 The Current Rate on Suckers
281. 281.§ 280 Going and Coming
282. 282.§ 281 The Evils of Intemperance
283. 283.§ 282 Not a Family of Musicians
284. 284.§ 283 The Reverend Had a Little Lamb
285. 285.§ 284 God Save the King’s English!
286. 286.§ 285 The Kink in Mr. Jones
287. 287.§ 286 Better than Believing in Santa Claus
288. 288.§ 287 The Curse of an Active Mind
289. 289.§ 288 A Way Out of the Difficulty
290. 290.§ 289 Stylish Language, Indeed!
291. 291.§ 290 The Original Package
292. 292.§ 291 The Voice of a Husband
293. 293.§ 292 The Passive Rôle
294. 294.§ 293 The Suggestion of a Scandal
295. 295.§ 294 A Warning Word to a Friend
296. 296.§ 295 Obstructing the Highway
297. 297.§ 296 In Part Settlement
298. 298.§ 297 The Apostolic Switch
299. 299.§ 298 In One of His Tamer Moments
300. 300.§ 299 That Thick Hotel Crockery
301. 301.§ 300 A Reduction for Cash
302. 302.§ 301 Extending Down to the Very Bottom
303. 303.§ 302 Belated but Sincere
304. 304.§ 303 An Expert Opinion
305. 305.§ 304 A Well-Merited Rebuke
306. 306.§ 305 For Business, Not Pleasure
307. 307.§ 306 Let There Be Light!
308. 308.§ 307 A Little Bed Time Tale
309. 309.§ 308 A Growing Suspicion
310. 310.§ 309 Caught in the Jam
311. 311.§ 310 And Getting Worse All the Time
312. 312.§ 311 A Temptation to His Majesty
313. 313.§ 312 Giving the Lady the Air
314. 314.§ 313 Complete in Every Detail
315. 315.§ 314 A Bare Statement
316. 316.§ 315 One Right Behind Another
317. 317.§ 316 How Time Flies, to Be Sure!
318. 318.§ 317 Honor Where Honor Was Due
319. 319.§ 318 On Her Own Motive Power
320. 320.§ 319 Who’s Who in Newark
321. 321.§ 320 Hives, Perhaps, But No Honey
322. 322.§ 321 A Mystery Revealed
323. 323.§ 322 It Very Often Proves Fatal
324. 324.§ 323 Proving That Figures Don’t Lie
325. 325.§ 324 The Exact Locality
326. 326.§ 325 A Two Part Serial — Part 1 — Part 2
327. 327.§ 326 A Tribute to the Father
328. 328.§ 327 The Personal Touch Was Lacking
329. 329.§ 328 Straight from the Scriptures
330. 330.§ 329 The Real Fromage, in Fact
331. 331.§ 330 Practically No Reason for It
332. 332.§ 331 He Couldn’t Stick to Any One Thing
333. 333.§ 332 Reserve Ammunition
334. 334.§ 333 Dust to Dust
335. 335.§ 334 No Trouble to Show Goods
336. 336.§ 335 Fun for Little Isadore
337. 337.§ 336 An Awful Blow for Mr. Barnum
338. 338.§ 337 An Over Sensitive Deer
339. 339.§ 338 The Proper Rate of Exchange
340. 340.§ 339 Classifying the Delinquent
341. 341.§ 340 A Touch of the Swedish
342. 342.§ 341 Calling for Night Work, Too
343. 343.§ 342 Returning in the Regular Manner
344. 344.§ 343 Or in Other Words, Slightly Confused
345. 345.§ 344 A Squirrel without a Peer
346. 346.§ 345 The Triumph of the Novice
347. 347.§ 346 The Gift of Tongues
348. 348.§ 347 Inquiry Regarding the Stranger
349. 349.§ 348 When Appearances Were Deceitful
350. 350.§ 349 The Curious Ways of Sheep
351. 351.§ 350 Where They Take Things as They Come
352. 352.§ 351 A Mystery Unraveled
353. 353.§ 352 Already Showing Signs of Use
354. 354.§ 353 A Hint to the Wise Is Ample
355. 355.§ 354 Just Before the Shooting Started
356. 356.§ 355 The Limit of Helplessness
357. 357.§ 356 The Most Unkindest Cut of All
358. 358.§ 357 The Position of a Young Man
359. 359.§ 358 No Detail to Be Overlooked
360. 360.§ 359 At the Extreme Rear
361. 361.§ 360 He Knew Where to Find Paw
362. 362.§ 361 Consolation for the Imperilled One
363. 363.§ 362 Examples of the Higher Criticism
364. 364.§ 363 The Prize Smell of the Circus
365. 365.§ 364 A Tribute—with One Reservation
366. 366.§ 365 Staving Off the Fatal Blow
367. 367.§ 366 Special Extra —To Be Read Only in Leap Year

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