St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-07


quite good heat, 10 you kuowp but how
awful See. you are so tickle; your heart
branches out in dozen different rections.
Pun ashamed of you. lneyer supposed yor
were tickle" in very reproachful Tone
"Oh. well. I'm not" says the yOuns
man. 1.-THE old lines prevaricate! Blu
~ on"
''Oh. no. they do not" says the youn9
lady. Figures never prevarcate, and
lines don't either, am sure. But Fll e.
on. Let me sea about your head. Well.
really, you have just very moderate
arount of brains. your head line is very
short. Now look at mine. 1t goes almos.
across my hand"
A close inspection is made of the pretty
little pink palm. and the palmistry student
goes on. taking almost an entire evening t.
eIucidate to the young man his own charac-
teriSticS.
There are regular rules for the study OF
hand reading. The long slender hand with
tapering fingers is called the ''cierica
hand" and is generally found among pee
pie who devote their time, or whose ten
tlencies are toward the higher intellectual OF
spiritual pursuits, such as clersymen,
poets, authors of high literature, and scien-
lists. The soldier hand" is we'll shaped
but is broad, and the fingers are not not &c
ably long. This kind OF hand is founU
among people who have force of charactef
executive ability and quick intelligence, al
though it is not of the highest order.
The finger nails even have mach to do
with the character. Most musicians. ar
lists and people clever with their fingers
have what are known as spatulated nails
rather short and broad the fingers also
broadening at the tips. The thumb plays
an Important part in the reading of charac-
ter Persons easily led and influenced
have small upper joint to the thumb. but
good reasoning powers. which is denoted
by the length of the second joint. The
thumb nail, if unusually large, shows un
usual will power. There are many other
outward signs before the palm lines are
read. and these two seldom disagree
Our cut illustrates hand with the
principal lines drawn and marked on 1t.
These lines are found on every person S
hand, and those in the little pink palms of
the tinest baby are as we'll marked as oil
the horny palm of age. A noted stEdeni
of palmistry gives the following interesting
directions for finding out the geler bar
acteristcs of person:
The head line. which is the MT i'm
portant, should be clearly mari ! 20 de
note what is called level al. an
should extend beyond the cente. Il the
palm to denote brain better than the ord,
nary. When it just passes or reaches the
center of the palm the intelligence is only
ordinary. If the line keeps one course ii
shows one aim in life. but this is unusual.
If it goes out into two or thre forks it shows
an inclination for many eallings. and if il
becomes entirely lost in labyrinth Of
marks it shows person not especially
adapted to anything n particular.
THE life line, which is really the next
in importance, continued the professor.
who isn't at all sentimental, lis easily
read. lift goes in clear line from the
head line down to the wrist, it denotes good
health and long life. If broken off in the
center. one will die When middle aged, but
if continued again the break is merely an
illness. All breaks in the life line denote
illness. When the life line branches out
from the main track each branch denotes a
descendant.
Il suppose should take the heart-line
next" said the professor. Indeed. with
young people it is the most interesting.
When one has good and generous hear,
the line must extend beyond what is called
the ring finger. If the main line is deeply
marked it shows person of strong emo
tional tendencies. a tickle nature is shown
by the end Of the heart line. If this forks
out in many directions it shows that the
heart is not steadfast. but when it branches
out in one or two forks this does not show
fckleness because you know very few peo-
pie love only one person.
THE travel line runs very close to the
lifeline and crosses the head and hear
generally, but l have seen hands where thi,
line was not visible. Toward the right
hand is the east. and toward the thumb the
west. The lifeline generally runs NORTH
and south, and each break or offshoot from
it denotes a journey in the direction it takes
Ii long journey the break is long one.
and in this way one can tell exactly how
far they must travel OF course. there are
thousands of other lines ON the hand by
which ones fortune and history can be
read. even to the most minute details. but
those 1 have mentioned are the most i'm
portant ones. Pal,nistry is great stadv.
greater than phrenology, and more people
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