Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16
LOVE AND CHIROMANCY.
A Study of the Hand and Some Suggestions for
Those who Contemplate Matrim0ny.
London Standard


Those who Contemplate Matrimony
London Standard.
AS a rule though there are many
exceptions, man with long nail-joint
TO his thumb but short nails, should II AIRY
a woman with short thumb and long
nails. [ don't mean ''taloas," but the
pink part of the nails should be long
enough to promise graces lost in the
mans analytical nature; these very short
nails declare the diver into hidden re-
cesses; certainly he often discovers dia-
monds, but their r0ughness is usually
appalling, and 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, man
ner, and dress; so this combination should
insure "le juste milien." A girl whose
long pointed fingers and nails, and long,
though slanting, line Of head, show such
mental power, coupled with strong i'm
agination and great tendency to judge
by outward signs, must be carefully
Wooed. The man to succeed will be
rt-fngered, the first joint of his thumb
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 altogether
lift the veil which shrouds him. To her
his charm will be that there is always
something behind something more to
know some day. These long pointed
fingers, with the line of head described
above, love exploration, but the mine,
once opened and fully explored, has no
more interest for them.
The signs of chirOmancy vary so much
according to the type of the hand, that
it is difficult to Gull hard and fast max
inns. I can, however, give at least one,
which is thing of beauty and Joy for
ever in any hand. When the line of
heart forms a fork, of which both
branches are exactly equal, on the mount
of Jupiter, which rises at the base of the
first finger, it declares absolute trueness
of heart. In such person you may full
ly cOnfde, for to him or her deceit is i'm
possible. This fork also tells of one
love only, for even when the person in
spring it has turned wholly unworthy
no other love will ever replace it. Other
affections may attempt to do so, but
zone will ever hold the place cOnsecrated
90 the first and last real love. The per-
son inspiring such love is often indicat-
ed by a or Oss between the lines of heart
and head, the inVariable sign of an in
fuence of opposite sex. These crosses,
however, sometimes show irksome in
fuences; old loves, which refuse to be
shelved, and the thEsadbare friendships,
straining at the cords of old affection
in well-meant, fatal efforts to advise.
Once, when telling the hand of foreign
er, I found one of the crosses
cutting the lines of heart, head,
and fate, and indicating continued
worry and hindrance arising from a wom-
ans influence. [ said:
&C
some woman. Whatever you take up she
objects to. No matter in what career you
seek success, she crosses your path and
bars your way"
To my dismay, the frery foreigner
sprang to his feet, and, bringing his
clinched fist down on the table with
force all but disastrous to glass and china
he exclaimed
"Ah! I do know her; she is Won fiend. 1
do wish she would die
When these crosses rest on the head
line only, the influences they indicate
arise from fascination alone, and the
heart is untouched. l know lady whom
paImistry saved from a miserable mar
riage by warming her how speedily the
gIamOr surrounding and influence of this
kind would wear off. In consequence of
this warming she took six months to think
over matters, and long before their ter
mination the glamOr had vanished, and
the engagement was broken off.
When the line of heart is broken into
many small pieces, it argues little luck in
love, and tells of Inconsistency in friend
ship. A man who with this line combin-
ed long line of head, reaching right
across the hand, would be dangerous
rival, with but little regard to what i'm
plements he employ to cut out anyone
who interfered with him. The fragmen-
tary line of heart tells of the wish to do
it while the lengthy line of head
Qiterauy far-reaching) shows the
power. This long headline is always a
dangerous possession, Indicating capa-
bilities for swindling. With a good long
line of heart, principle, will strangle spec
ulation, but when you find this in the hand
of friend whose line of heart is defec-
tive, cross quickly to the other side of the
way, especially if you have anything of
value about you. In hands blessed with
all virtues this line merely denotes
that delightful talent for get
ting ones moneys worth out of
everything which those who do not pos
sess it ceaselessly envy and admire.
Doubtless it is a most desirable knack,
but if everyone had it no one would ever
overpay, so how would anyone profit? 1t
is just as WE'LL therefore, that no two per-
sons possess hands exactly similar, and
that large heart SO often oyerrules a
long head. Redness of the lines shows
passion, but unless so red as to indicate
violence they are, 1 think, preferable to
the wide white line declaring egotism.
Gwendolen Harleth studied palmistry no
false hopes of managing better than
mamma" would have lured her into ma
trimony.
Beware, ye frances, of hearts chained,
crossed, and harassed by many little lines;
they tell Of fckleness.