The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-04-02
9alraiiatt Qazette.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL ?. 1854.



People who reject as fanciful the distinctions
Of Spurzhoim and Javater, still believe that
man with big brow is likely to be clever, and
man with strong chin to he determined.
Ordinarily people do not get the same sugges-
tons from the hand, and yet it may be capa-
bic Of atordiug them. The French professor
saws ]; is. We shall see the rules he lays
down.
To begin with the fingers. The variations
of these are not numerous, and any hand can
be referred to as one OF some three or four types
These arc the pointed fingers, where the finger
tips are small and conical, and the fingers
themselves soft and sleek. They are no IN
common possession, and admit Of no doubt
when they are found. 1t is said that they in
dictate dreamy disposition, a tendency to
poeiize and speculate. Men with such hands
are enthusiasts and orators, have the gift Of
Imagination very prodigally bestowed upon
them. but at the expense Of common sense and
knowledge Of the world. Such hands arc
claimed for Shakespeare, Schiller and Goethe.
and certainly by Victor Hugo and George
Sand
With the soft fingers and the couical tips
there is no necessary alliance. The fingers
may he sleek and the tips may be square And
this combination gives US another class Of
character Here we have the tendency 10
ART and poetry, but under control. These are
instructive rather than imaginative. The fancy
gives place to an eye for symmetry and an car
for rythm, and the types are to be found in
Noliore, Poussin, Nsuban and Tureane 1t Is
a pity that We have no living examples. Por-
trait painters "a century ago had fashion Of
taking the face from tho sitter and the hands
from favorite model. Nandyke's warriors,
diploma,isis, and courtiers had all precisely
the same kind OF fingers.
The fingers may be even more than square.
They may lie spatulous, widened and rounded
al the end like n chemists blendeT, or an ar
lists palette knife. This is = very practical
hand indeed, widely removed from the dreamer
and the visionary, the hand Of a man very fond
OF movement and OF action, the hand Of a man
fond Of horses and dogs, and hunting and war
fare or. If he is more peaceablc, Of commerce
and mechanism, a man OF order and cUutTiy-
ancc, q merchant, a fnancicr, or, It may be
only church warden. The spa.ulous hand is
generally found supplied with large finger
knots; hut where the fingers have no pGedomi-
nant joints the artistic character prevails. Men
act from impulse rather than from knowledge
OF reason. Il is not laid down however, that
the tendency Of rheumatism is 10 convert poets
into politicians, though It painfully develops
the knots Of the fingers. Lastly, there Is a
general rule that large hands deal best viii
details and short ones with general effect. II
would be interesting 10 tCst tins Ivy examining
the hands OF the ROYAL aCademiuians
But the art desceuds into minute detail.
Each OF the fingers has It's special character
istiC, and a system Of neurological nOmoncla-
tuTs has been adopted, based on the attributed
distinctions. The fingers known to US as first
second, third and little, are called respectively
Jupiter, Saturn, Apollo and Mercury, and II
is thought that we are now getting into the re
Cion Of the fantastic. It is only fair 20 the
professor that his statement be heId and he
tested. There is ranged across the palm OF
the hand a series Of little cushions OF hills,
and al the base Of each finger, but 4 little way
from the thumb. Character lies in these, and
the character may he told by their exauiua-
ton.
The inst finger indicates ambition Ii the
mound is large, its owner will have a love Of
gCwer couple dwith desire to shine, great gay
ETY., some pride, tendency to superstition,
and a !CIIdnsss fOT nature. II the mound be
wanting, the life is one without dignity, the
man is narrow, selfish and interested. Tho
second finger is said TO control life, as It
shows the event Of lus prudence and the pos
sibility Of his success. But if the mound Is
preternatural, we are said to look for silence
and soliiariness-a Hamlet kind Of a DISPOSE
ton, verging on asCeticism. The third finger
how ever, supplies US with more cheerful re-
lections. 1t is tie finger OF the arts. II shows
the presence Of genius and the probability Of
fame The man with large mound near his
third finger will be amiable and hopeful
delightful companion and an excellent friend.
But it the mound be excessive, the results arc
disastrous A love Of notoriety converts the
life into vain-glorious existence, with tend
ency 10 avarice and certain direction toward
envy.
Lastly VIC come to the little finger. !; IS
the finger Of invention, OF industry, Of quick
ness and Of ingenuiiy-the finger, probably,
that makes us nation Of shop-keepers. It IS
the finance finger, and an excessive mound
might even be found among the less attractive
types Of British Bankrupt, as It indicates sharp
practice. disastrous acu;eness, dishOnorabie
trickery and a love Of iuvasion.-P0H MAJ
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