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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 pro- 

 tector shown in the pic- 

 ture is three and a half 

 inches long. It is made 

 of silver and is truly 

 beautiful. 



Nevertheless, whether 

 we 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 



