22 PHYSICAL TRAINING 



exercised in forming conclusions. If a child's 

 carriage or posture is likely to be the first notice- 

 able quality, the face is certain to be the second, 

 and from a child's face much of value can be 

 learned concerning the physical condition. 



The nose may possess one or more of several 

 common faults, the presence of one of which may 

 not have a great deal of meaning. But when 

 they occur along with other facial abnormalities, 

 we have occasion to be suspicious. Common 

 faults are these: unnaturally broad bridge, thick- 

 ened base, unusually small nostrils, a rather 

 "puffy" appearance, evidences of a chronic 

 "cold," and malodorous breath. One or more of 

 these conditions may indicate that there is a 

 stoppage of some kind in the nasal passages, and 

 tfce most common kind of stoppage is caused by 

 abnormal growths of adenoid tissue. But the 

 appearance of the nose alone is not sufficient to 

 warrant any decision. However, most of these 

 appearances are more or less connected with 

 manifestations elsewhere, so a consideration of 

 the latter is valuable. The mouth is a great aid 

 in this respect. 



v The commonest faults that appear in the mouth 

 are these: open mouth or mouth-breathing, 

 irregularly placed teeth, over-lapping front teeth, 

 weak lower jaw, receding or small chin, V-shaped 

 upper jaw, high-arched palate, and enlarged ton- 



