Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-26
THE LIVES OF THE PALM,
MIR. Heron Allen Tries a Few Expert
ments in Public.
From tho .Ne,o York Sun,

From the NeW York Sun,
The spectacle Of 1900 people sitting in
Chickeripg Hall staring vacantly into
their palms must have inspired Mr.. Ed.
Heron Allen as he walked out upon the
stage at Chickering Hall last evening.
He is boy in appearance, comedy and
attractive, but still a boy, though MIR.
Ponds manager saws he is 81 years old.
and he himself says be has been asked his
age until he is tried OF the subject. The
audience was such as might have greeted
Oscar Wilde. 1t was made up of people
dressed IN the very extremes of the cur
| rent styles and 1t welcomed Mr.. Allen
with cordiality. And indeed the clever
| ness, not TO say the audacity, OF his sub
ject compelled hearing.
The young chirosophist's lecture shows
study OF his subject of 'EMOdern PALMS.
try; or, the Sciences of the Hand" which
is surprising. He walked out upon the
stage last night, mOdestly and without
announcement or Introduction, clad in
evening dress. He bowed, and the audi
ence invOluntarily bowed in acknowI.
edgment of the salute. The young hand
reader was surrounded by faded maroon
screen at his back, a vermilion screen on
his right, in the right middle foreground
an easel covered with plush cloth bear
ing the monogram E. III. A.; behind him a
dozen scrolls, and at the left a table with
a syrup pitcher, from which he extracted
plain water during the course of his
speech.
He had note book in his hands, to
which he referred occasionally, appar-
emily more for relief than for information.
He began with geueralities about the
hand. In chirosophy the lecturer said be
fOI1n6 q Ynirrnr nj oh Ia
cribed the methods of shaking hands
cleverly, and then went into description
of the absolute perfection OF the hands in
mechanism and nerves.
Mr.. Allen divided his subject into
chironomy and chiromancy. He assorted
the palms which had come under his
observation into seven types, and pro-
ceeded to describe the characteristics OF
each. If hand Is hard and thick and
large it indicates low order of intelli-
gence. lfslim, a high order OF intelligence.
Smooth finger joints signify predisposi-
ton to intuition and impulse, and knotty
fingers indicate taste. Chinks on the
palm between the fingers denote curiosity.
and the color of the hands and the
gestures, too, the lecturer argued, are
significant of character. In telling
falsehood one always keeps his hands
open, and it was impossible to lie with the
nanOS smut. HeOpI6 WIN square
fingers, the young lecturer said
are clever people, flatters, and dIstrustful.
Their hands are excellent to possess, but
not good hands to show.
AT $3.50 Mr., Allen was done with his
lecture, and then he invited people to go
upon tae stage and have their hands read
Mr.. Charles f. Olney, who was known to
Major Pond and to many OF the audience
as a member of the Traders Association,
went upon the stage and stuck his hand
through vermilion screen. He was
assured that his hand was mixture of
the common and uncommon, and was the
hand of an artist.
Mr.. Allen also invited lady to 20 upon
the stage and have her hand read, A
Young woman finally summoned up cour-
age to do so and plunged behind through
the screen.
ssThis Is one of the most feminine hands
have ever SEEM" said the lecturer. He
said her palm was full OF contradictions,
and indicated an iron will and deter
minati0n to do whatever she set Quito do.
He also detected some artistic and sensi-
tive qualities in the hand.
After the lecture Mr.. Allen read q
Tribune reporters hand, and found him
sensitive and nervy thing; full of hopes
and disappointments, Crowds OF fash
ionably dressed women crowded upon
the stage and made engagements with
Mr.. Allen to read their palms at $40 a
palm.