f some other type.

"Contrary?" complained a man of a bony neighbor recently, "Contrary is
his middle name."

"I am open to conviction but I would like to see the man who could
convince me!" is always said by a man whose type you will be sure to
recognize.

An "Againster"

"I don't know what it is but I'm against it," is the inside mental
attitude of the extremely raw-boned, angular man or woman.

They often, unconsciously, refrain from making a decision about a thing
till the other fellow makes his. That settles it; they take the other
side.

Think back over your school-days and call to mind the visage and bodily
shape of the boy who was always on the opposite side, who just naturally
disagreed, who "stood out" against the others. He was a bony lad every
time.

Remember the "Fatty" with a face like a full moon? Did he do such
things? He did not. He was amenable, easy-going, good natured, and
didn't care how the discussion came out, so long as it didn't delay the
lunch hour.

Remember the boy or girl who had the pick of the school for company
whenever there was a party, who danced well and was so sparkling that
you always felt like a pebble competing against a diamond when they were
around? That boy or girl had a high chest, or high color, or a
high-bridged nose--and usually all three.

But the one you couldn't persuade, who couldn't be won over, who
refused to give in, who held up all the unanimous votes till everybody
was disgusted with him, and who rather gloried in the distinction--that
boy had big bones and a square jaw--the proof that he was a combination
of the Osseous and Muscular types.

The Human Balance Wheel

To keep the rest of the world from running away with itself, to
prevent precipitous changes in laws, customs and traditions, has always
been one of the functions performed for society by the bony people.

These people are seldom over-persuaded, and being able to retain a
perpendicular position while the rest of the world is being swayed this
way and that, they act as society's balance wheel.

The Osseous changes after a while, but it is a long while, and by the
time he does, the rest of the world has marched on to something new
which he opposes in its turn.

Wears Same Style Ten Years

Even the clothes worn by this type tell the same story. Styles may
come and styles may go, but the Osseous goes on forever wearing the
same lines and the same general fashions he wore ten years