Directions for Use, 5 



Anthropometric Observations. — The observations specified on 

 the next form should be made at the end of the fifth year of age, 

 and in each subsequent year up to the twenty-fifth. The hearing and 

 sight of children should be tested at frequent intervals, for it not 

 uncommonly happens that children are blamed for carelessness and 

 inattention when they are really suffering from loss of sight or hearing, 

 and these defects, if detected, can often be remedied or their advance 

 arrested. The colour of the hair and eyes is liable to change during 

 childhood and youth, and should be recorded. The age at which the 

 hair becomes grey should be noted ; also that at which baldness appears. 

 The questions on the form are sufficiently explicit, and require no further 

 remarks. 



To test the strength of pull a small spring weighing machine is used, with a handle 

 attached to each hook. It is held in the position of a bow, in the act of being drawn by 

 an archer. The observation, though of interest, is not of primary importance. The 

 returns of the Anthropometric Committee give T]\ lbs. as the most frequently observed 

 pull for an adult male, and 40 lbs. for an adult female. The highest pull recorded 

 by their Committee is 150 lbs., the lowest 20 lbs. 



Photographs. — Two pages are left in the portion of the album 

 devoted to each successive five years to receive photographs of the owner 

 that have been taken during the period. They should be obtained from 

 the photographer " unniounted," and be pasted in the book, and the date 

 at which each was taken should be written below it. 



If the photographs are especially taken for this purpose, they should be reductions 

 to one-seventh the size of the original face. The vertical distance in an ordinary adult 

 face between the line of the pupils of the eyes and that passing between the lips would 

 then be four-tenths of an inch. An exact full-face and a profile should be obtained. 

 It is desirable that these portraits should be printed by some " permanent " process. 



Marriage and Children. — At the end of the book a few pages 

 are left, on the first of which the name of the wife or husband of the 

 owner and the date of marriage may be inscribed ; a subsequent page 

 should be devoted to notes upon each one of the children, giving the date 

 of birth, the nature and date of any illness, any noticeable peculiarities 

 of character or ability, and any other facts about the child that may seem 

 especially worthy of record. 



