ds of people make
up the world, for Nature has outdone herself in the distinctions between
the five human types.

Each type is made up of certain groups of traits with which we have come
in contact all our lives but which we have never classified; and each
"set" of traits comprising a type has a consistency which nothing less
than Mother Nature could have produced. You will be interested to see
how accurate are the statements concerning each type and how they are
proven again and again in every type you associate with.

Guesswork is no longer necessary in the sizing up of strangers. You can
know them better than their mothers know them if you will get these
nutshells of facts clearly in your mind and then _apply_ them.

His High Cheek Bones

Cheek bones standing higher than the average are always indicative
either of a large Thoracic or a large Osseous element.

If the distance between the cheeks is so wide as to make this the widest
section of the face, it is probable that the person is more Thoracic
than Osseous. But if his face is narrow across the cheek bones, and
especially if it runs perpendicularly down to the jaw-corners from that
point instead of tapering, the person is large of the Osseous type.

Built on the Oblong

An oblong is what the Osseous brings to mind. His body outlines
approximate the oblong--a squareness plus length. He is full of right
angles and sharp corners. (See Chart 7)

His face is built on the oblong (See Chart 8) and if you will notice the
side-head of the next Osseous man you meet you will see that even a side
view presents more nearly the appearance of the oblong than of any other
geometrical figure.

The Oblong Hand

"The gnarled hand" well describes that of the Osseous. The hand
outlines of this type also approximate the oblong. (See Chart 8) It runs
straight down instead of tapering when the fingers are held close
together.

The hand of the Osseous matches his body, head and face. It is bony,
angular, large-jointed and as rigid as it looks. The inflexibility of
his hand is always apparent in his handshake.

Knotty Fingers

Knotty fingers characterize the hands of this type. Their irregular
appearance comes from the size of the joints which are large, in keeping
with all the joints running throughout his organism.

Everything in one of Nature's creatures matches the other parts.
Agassiz, the great naturalist, when given the scale of a fish could
reconstruct f