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 LAUGHCHAPTER I"WHISTLE AND HOE—SING AS WE GO"