ly as he does everything
else. He does not do it especially gracefully like the Thoracic, nor
caressingly like the Alimentive, but intensely and in dead earnest. He
does not cut short the courtship like the Thoracic, nor extend it for
years like the Osseous, but marries as soon as the practical
requirements can be met.

The Alimentive is the most affectionate in love and the Thoracic the
most flirtatious, but the Muscular is the most positive.

The Fatal Handicap

The Muscular has more strong traits than any other type from the
marital point of view, but he has one weakness of such magnitude that it
often counterbalances them. His pugnacity causes him to give way
frequently to violent outbursts of anger. In them he says bitter things
that are almost impossible to forgive.

This type's chief handicap in all his relations is his tendency to fight
too quickly, to say too much when angry, and thus to make enemies.

In marriage this is a serious handicap which loses many an otherwise
ideal husband or wife the chance for happiness.

Another Muscular trait which makes life difficult for his mate is his
tendency to be so generous with outsiders that his family suffers.

Also this type of husband or wife is inclined to sacrifice the social
side of family life to work and thus widen the distance between husband
and wife as the years go on.

Desirable Traits

Working capacity, generosity and squareness are qualities making for
the success of the Muscular marriage.

The Muscular wife, more often than any other, helps earn the living when
things go wrong financially.

The Muscular usually dislikes flirtations and gives his mate little
anxiety on this score.

Mates for Musculars

The Muscular has four choices in the selection of a mate. There is but
one type he should never marry and that is the Osseous. The stubborness
of the Osseous, when pitted against the Muscular's pugnacity, causes
constant warfare. The predominantly Muscular person should choose a mate
who is also predominantly Muscular. No other type aids him in the
practical affairs of the family's future. But it is well for him when
this Muscular has decided Cerebral tendencies. Second choice for the
Muscular is a mate predominantly Cerebral. The Muscular in this case
furnishes the brawn to work out the plans made by the brain of the
Cerebral, and the combination is one that stands a good chance of
happiness. Third choice is the Thoracic, and fourth c