this type. He seldom orders anything new. The tried and true things
he has eaten for twenty-five years are his favorites and it is almost
impossible to win him away from them. "I have had bread and milk for
supper every Sunday night for thirty years," a bony man said to us not
long ago.

Means What He Says

The Osseous does not flatter and seldom praises. Even when he would
like to, the words do not come easily. But when he does give you a
compliment you may know he means it. He is incisive and specific--a
little too much so to grace modern social intercourse where so much is
froth.

A Man of Few Words

A man of few words is always and invariably a man whose bones are
large for his body. The fat man uses up a great many pleasant, suave,
merry, harmless words; the Thoracic inundates you with conversation; the
Muscular argues, declares and states; but the Osseous alone is sparing
of his words.

The Hoarder

Bony people are never lavish with anything. They do not waste anything
nor throw anything away. These are the people who save things and store
them away for years against the day when they may find some use for
them. When they do part with them it is always to pass them on "where
they will do some one some good."

Careful of Money

You never saw a stingy fat man in your life. Imagine a
two-hundred-pound miser! Neither have you ever seen a really stingy man
who was red-faced and high-chested. Nor have you ever found a real
Muscular who was a "tightwad."

But you have known some people who were pretty close with their money.
And every one of them was inclined to boniness.

When He is Poor

Bony men are seldom "broke" for they are more careful of expenditures
than any other type. Even when they receive small salaries this type of
person always has something laid by. But the extreme Osseous never makes
a million. The same caution which prevents his spending much money also
prevents the plunges that make big money.

The Osseous cares more for money than any one else. This is what has
enabled him, when combined with some other type, to be so successful in
banking--a business where you risk the other man's money, not your own.

The extreme Osseous is never lax or extravagant with his money no matter
how much he has. He never believes in paying any more for a thing than
is necessary. Take note of the men who carry purses for silver instead
of letting their change lie loose in their pockets. They ar