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under-weight or over-weight is undesirable. The man or woman who is too stout loses much of the enjoyment of life that otherwise would be possible. He who is too lean shows only too plainly that he has not attained the full physical development that he needs. For any man or woman who seeks the exact condition of perfect health there is a weight to be attained that is to be gauged by age and height. Tables showing these figures may be obtained at any well-conducted gymnasium, or may be had through the agent of any life insurance company. It is not worth while to offer these statistics here.

A study of Japanese anatomy, among both sexes, has convinced the author that these people are prone neither to leanness nor to