es. So the Thoracic girl seldom
lacks for attention. She does not have as many intimate friends as the
fat girl, for she is less comforting, and comfort is one of the first
requisites of friendship. But she has a longer line of beaux dancing
attendance upon her, sending her flowers, candy and messages.

The Stunning Girl

Another reason why the Thoracic girl has more attention from men is
that she is the most smartly-gowned of all the types. The new, the
extreme, the "very latest" in women's clothes are first seen on the
Thoracic girl. She is the type men call "stunning."

Men prefer companions who appear well--whom other men admire. The
Thoracic woman demands the same of the men she goes about with, and for
these two reasons many Thoracics marry those in whom their own type
predominates.

The "Merry Widows"

Make a note of the "dashing widows," you have known--those who were
called "the merry widows"--and you will recall a large Thoracic element
in each.

For this type of woman, unlike the home-keeping Alimentive, enjoys being
a widow and remains one. She usually has many chances to remarry but her
changeable, gaiety-loving nature revels in the freedom, sophistication
and distinction of widowhood.

The appearance of endless youth given by her alive, responsive
personality deceives the most discerning as to her age. The woman of
fifty who enthralls the youths of twenty-five is usually of the Thoracic
type.

Refuses to Grow Old

This woman refuses to grow old, just as the Alimentive refuses to grow
up. She clings to her beauty as does no other type. She it is who
self-sacrificingly starves herself to retain her slenderness, who
massages and exercises and "cold-creams" herself hours a day before the
shrine of Eternal Youth. Her high color, "all her own," is a decided
asset in this direction.

This woman devotes as much attention to her grooming at sixty as the
Alimentive does at twenty. For this reason you may any day see two women
of forty together, one an Alimentive and the other a Thoracic--and take
the plump one to be several or many years older than the florid one.

Love the "Bright Lights"

Thoracic men and women care more about "the bright lights" than other
types. The Alimentive likes what he calls "a good time"--with fun and
plenty of "refreshments"--but the Thoracic's idea of a good time usually
includes a touch of "high life."

This all comes from his love of thrill and novelty and is