Child Life

A speaker at the American Child Health Association convention in Washington last week discoursed upon the characteristics of the normal child.

Said he: "Physically the child has firm, strong muscles; well-formed, well-enameled teeth; breathes deeply and easily; participates in ordinary exercise without fatigue.

"He has pep, he shouts, yells, races and makes a noise; his is sheer animal spirits letting off steam.

"In mental terms he is neither superfluously happy nor deeply discouraged, but his moods may vary at times from great happiness to deep discouragement."

The speaker was Herbert C. Hoover, U. S. Secretary of Commerce.