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GOOD HEALTH 



of each finger. This, then, explains certain people in 

 China. They are ashamed to work and they wish their 

 neighbors to know that their hands are as idle as 

 they are fine, so they let one or two finger nails grow 

 very long. These slender claws break so easily that the 

 owner must protect each one with a special covering. 



The nail protector 

 shown in the pic- 

 ture is three and a 

 half inches long. 

 It is made of silver 

 and is truly beauti- 

 ful. 



Nevertheless, 

 whether w r e are old 

 or young, whether 

 we work or play, 

 it is we ourselves 

 who decide about 

 our finger nails. We can keep them rough or smooth, 

 straight or crooked, tidy or untidy, just as we choose. 

 Everybody knows this. For this reason, when we see 

 the finger nails of any man, woman, or child, we think 

 we know something about that person. 



These two pictures show us two kinds of finger nails. 

 One is oval at the bottom and oval at the top ; it shows 

 the pretty white crescent; it is clean and it is trimmed 



As THE CHINESE PROTECT A FINGER 

 NAIL 



