GOLF 182, 237, 270, 317 H HANGINGS 14, 17, 54, 56, 295, 316 HEALTH 131 HEBREW 8, 12, 44, 52, 113, 132, 197, 213, 237, 244, 245, 255, 276, 304, 305, 308-310, 335, 365 HORSE-RACING 141, 327 HOTELS 11, 227, 330 HUNTING 5, 337, 345 I INDIAN 122 IRISH 2, 49, 107, 118, 188, 247, 251, 258, 267, 294, 297, 339 J JAILS 63, 170, 278, 328 JAPANESE 149, 239 JOURNALISTIC 41, 195, 281 JUDICIAL 38, 90, 91, 115 K KU KLUX 305, 353 L LAWYERS 7, 28, 31, 58, 63 LAZINESS 350 LEGACIES 2, 274 LIARS 6, 60 LITERATURE 280, 284 LUNACY 268 M MATHEMATICAL 323 MATRIMONIAL 29, 81, 92, 106, 124, 135, 205, 229, 238, 302 MENTAL HEALING 256, 285 MINING 333 MISCELLANEOUS 75, 82, 109, 131, 172, 185, 186, 189, 191, 193, 202, 208, 211, 214, 227, 230, 234, 236, 243, 248, 257, 259, 260, 277, 284, 286, 296, 298, 307, 315, 329, 331, 343, 346, 348, 356 MORTUARY 107-132, 254, 256, 266, 288, 308, 322 MOVIES 13 MULES 173, 287, 332 MUSIC 197, 282 N NEGRO 5, 14, 17, 25, 34, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 61, 67, 69, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 81, 83, 85, 86, 88, 90, 92, 93, 97, 100, 104, 111, 144, 146, 148, 192, 198, 205, 217, 278, 283, 289, 292, 299, 326, 363 O ORATORY 28, 220, 364 P POLITICS 67, 169, 204 217 PROPHECY 47, 49, 58, 80, 104, 145, 149, 158, 162, 172, 207, 222, 235 PUGILISTIC 41, 139, 253, 272, 338 R RAILROADING 174, 210 REVIVALS 80, 206, 358 ROGUES 48, 110, 133, 273, 279, 334 ROYALTY 152, 311 S SCIENCE 181 SCOTCH 27, 35, 103, 108, 112, 116, 147, 224, 265, 300 SECRET ORDERS 74, 318 SOUTHERN 3, 15, 20, 23, 26, 28, 29, 58, 60, 79, 84, 127, 137, 140, 154, 155, 159, 206, 252, 275 SPIRITUALISM 59 SPORTS 102, 166, 183 SUNDAY SCHOOLS 167, 240, 269 SWEDISH 134, 340 T THEATRICAL 12, 114, 126, 151, 246, 271 TRAVELING 4, 47, 55, 93, 96, 157, 221, 222, 310 V VAUDEVILLE 176, 177, 194 W WEATHER 87, 121, 145, 199, 287 WESTERN 4, 22, 50, 51, 264, 279, 291, 349 Y YANKEE 6, 19, 125, 135, 145, 160, 207, 341, 360 A LAUGH A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY § 1 The Untraveled Stranger Back in those sinful days which ended in January, 1919—that is, officially they ended then—a group of congenial spirits were gathered one Saturday night in a local life-saving station on the principal corner of a small Kentucky town, engaged in the quaint old pastime of pickling themselves. In the midst of these proceedings the swinging doors were thrust asunder and there entered one of those self-sufficient, self-important persons who crave to tell their private affairs to others, and who, in those times, preferably chose as a proper recipient for their confidences, a barkeeper—as I believe the functionary was called.