ads. "Why won't he run and play like other
children?" wails Mother, and "That boy ought to be made to join the ball
team," scolds Father; but "that boy" continues to keep his nose in a
book.

He can talk on almost any subject--when he will--and knows pretty well
what is going on in the world at an age when other boys are oblivious to
everything but gymnasiums and girls.

Old for His Years

The "little old man" or "little old woman" of ten is always a Cerebral
child. The Alimentives are the babies of the race and never entirely
grow up no matter how many years they live. But the Cerebral is born
old. From infancy he shows more maturity than other children.

The "Teacher's Pet"

His studiousness and tractableness lead to one reward in childhood,
though it often costs him dear as a man. He usually becomes the
teacher's favorite and no wonder: he always has his lessons, he gives
her little trouble and is about all that keeps many a teacher at her
poorly paid post.

Little Sense of Time

The extreme Cerebral often has a deficient sense of time. He is less
conscious of the passage of the hours than any other type. The Muscular
and the Osseous often have an almost uncanny time-sense, but the extreme
Cerebral man often lacks it. Forgetting to wind his watch or to consult
it for hours when he does, is a familiar habit of this type.

We know a bride in Detroit whose flat looked out on a bakery and a
bookstore. She told us that she used to send her Cerebral hubby across
the street for the loaf of bread that was found lacking just as they
were ready to sit down to dinner--only to wait hours and then have him
come back with a book under his arm, no bread and no realization of how
long he had been gone.

Inclined to be Unorthodox

Other types tend to follow various religions--according to the
individual's upbringing--but the Cerebral composes a large percentage of
the unorthodox.

The Political Reformer

Because all forms of personal combat are distasteful to him the pure
Cerebral does not go out and fight for reform as often as the Muscular
nor die for causes as often as the Osseous types.

But almost every Cerebral believes in extreme reforms of one kind or
another. He is a comparatively silent but faithful member of clubs,
leagues and other kinds of reform organizations. He may never star in
them. He seldom cares to. But his mite is always ready when
subscriptions are taken, even if he has to go without