Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-12
LOVE AND CHIROMANCY.
Types of Hand Giving Points to Those
About to Marry.

Types of Hand Giving Points to Those
About to Marry.
London Standard: AS rule though
there are many exceptions, II man with
long nail Joint to his thumb, but short
nails, should marry woman with q
short thumb and long nails. don't
mean 'talons," but the pink part of the
nails should be long enough to promise
graces lost in the man 5 analytical ma
diver into hidden recesses; certainly he
often discovers diamonds, but their
roughness is usually appalling and 4
wife who will see to their polishing is the
one thing needful. Long nails look too
much on the outside of things, and judge
people by looks, manner and dress; so
this combination should insure ''le juste
fingers and nails, and long, though
slanting, line of head, show such
mental power, coupled with strong inn
agination, and Il great tendency to judge
by outward signs, must be carefully
wooed. The man to succeed will be short
fingered and the first joint of his thnmb
will be at least as long as the second.
He will never quite let her know how
much he cares for her. nor will he ever
altogether lift the veil which shrouds
him. To her his charm will be that there
is always something Notwithstanding
more to know some day. These long.
pointed fingers, with the line of head
described above, love exploitation, but
the NINE once opened and fully explored
has no more interest for them.
The signs of chlromancy vary so much,
according to the type of the hand, that 1t
is difficult to Gull hard and fast maXims.
can, however, give at least one, which
a thing of beauty and JOY forever IN
any hand When the line of heart forms
a fork, of which both branches are ex-
actly equal, on the mount OF Jupiter.
which rises at the base of the first finger,
it declares an absolute trueness of heart
In such "A person you may fully conilde
for TO him or her deceit is impossible. This
fork also tells of one love only, for even
when the. person inspiring it has proved
wholly unworthy no other love will ever
| replace it, Other affections may attempt
| to do so, but none will ever hold the
| place consecratcd to the first and last
real love The person inspiring such
| love is often indicated bya cross between
! the lines of heart and head, the lnyaria-
| BILE sign of influence of opposite sex.
| These crosses, however sometimes show
| irksome influences; old loves which re-
fuse to be shelved, and threadbar friehd-
| ships, stranlng at the cords OF old atfec-
ton IN well-meant, fatal efforts to ad-
wise. Once, when telling the hand of a
! foreigner, / found one OF these crosses
cutting the lines of heart head and fate,
and indicating continued worry and him
drance arising from woman's influence:
said: Your life is crossed and marred
by some woman. Whatever you
take up she objects to. No mat
ter in what career you seek
success she crosses your path and bars
your way To my dismay, the fiery
foreigner sprang to his feet, and, bring
ing his clenched fist down on the table
with force all but disastrous to the
china, he exclaimed: "Ah! do not know
her; she is Won fend. | do wish she
would die" When these crosses rest on
the headline only the influences they in,
dicate arise from fascination alone, and
fine heart is untouched. l know lady
whom palmistry saved from u miserable
marriage by warming her how speedily
the glamour surrounding an influence oi
this kind would wear off. In consequence
of this warning she took SIX months. tc
think over matters, and long before theil
termination the glamour had vanished
and the engagement was brken OFF.
When the line of heart Is broken into
many small pieces it argues little luck II
] love and tells of INCONSISTENCY in friend