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 and the neck-line too is lifted. But for long years the seven-year old will not fulfil the law in his members. And on many grounds the impulsion may be justified which makes a child pass by his own form, and also the form of hobbledehoys, to draw the adult face and figure.

Endless faces does every child scribble on his slate, without knowing anything about the law of beauty and fitness. These scribblings are usually wiped out and forgotten, but not always. There is now a movement on foot to encourage them, and to respect them. It is beginning to dawn on many that perhaps we have not seen, and do not yet see, the full meaning of this impulse to draw the human form.