Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
LOOKAT YOURHANDS
And See in the Lines Your Character
and Your Likelihood of
SUCCESS IN LOVE AND MARRIAGE.
A Professor of Pslmistry Speaks Of the
Wonders of His Art.
A MANS HAND THE INDEX OF HIS SOUL
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A prominent expounder of palmistry, in
explaining the methods of his art to a DIS
PATCH reporter yesterday, said:
The reason we are able to discern many
hidden truths from the simple inspection Of
the subjects hand, is, briefly, in this way:
We know from having observed the char
acteristics of innumerable people that per.
sons with this or that hand have such and
such characteristics. Certain occupations
produce certain lines in the hand, and We
can most always tell the persons occupation
from the character of his hand. Knowing
his occupation, it is not very difficult to tell
his characteristics.
''The lines of life and accident are fixed,
and the predictions which we are able to
make from an inspection Of them are almost
invariably fulfilled. There is a certain line
in the hand which tells me that the subject
has recently passed through serious diff
Guilty Of some kind. You remember when
Kate Claxton came so near losing her life in
the Park Theater fire IN Brooklyn num-
Der of years ago. Well, was in st. Louis
at the time and was an enthusiast in palmis-
trv. I travelled all the way to New York
to see whether that line indicating difficult
ties had developed in her hand. I inspected
her palm, and there was the line as PLATA a.
day.
"Here is another instance. In my youth
the line of life indicated that would die at
about the age of Sc. had looked forward
to the time with some dread, and when il
came sure enough was laid low with a Sc
rious illness. The doctors gave me up aud
were about to arrange for my funeral, but
my will dominated the disease. 1 simply
said to myself: Here, it isn't time for you
to die yet awhile. Your business is in bad
shape and you can't leave your family in
this way. You must recover And recover
did.
THE LINE OF MARRIAGE.
f'The lines of marriage are less distinct
than those of accident and death, but, new
ertheless, we can tell pretty accurately
whether a man is to be married at all and
if so how often. A man of domestic, affec-
tionate and impressionable characteristics
will in all probability take unto himself
wife. More wives die and are divorced than
I husbands, therefore it is pretty safe to say
that this impressionable man will marry
twice. There is the man who has the
Shylock hand. It is easy enough to tell
that he will attempt to gather great riches
Then there is the man with the fat, pudgy
hand. He's generous. The man with long,
taper fingers is likely to be an artist
and to have the artists characteristics. A
man with short fingers and round hand is
more of the sensual order. And so on with
the other kinds of hands.
"You may smile when tell you, but it is
fact, nevertheless, that it is the most in
telligent class of people who have the great
est faith in palmistry. You can't satisfy an
ignorant person by telling him what his ca
pabilities are or what special line of useful
ness he can pursue with the best prospect of
success. He wants to know everything of
his past and future, and if you can't tell
him he is dissatisfied. On the other hand
an intelligent person knows that the art Of
palmistry does not pretend to go as far as
that and is satisfied with the simple charac-
ter reading 1t is curious, but true, that
nothing is more interesting to the average
man or woman than hearing about himself.
That's what brings most of my visitors here
They have their own opinions of their char-
acteristics but like to have them confirmed
by an expert. do not say that man is a
poet, musician, an artist, an orator or an
artisan because his hand presents certain
features, lines or mounts, but being of
certain character and in possession of GER
tain powers his hands reveal the character.
The soul is the reel man, and the body is
simply its material manifestation. The
body exists and subsists from the spirit, for
its use and changes naturally solely in obe-
dience to the power and direction of the
spirit 1t can be changed mechanically By
outside forces, but it can be developed only
by the spiritual and vital force working
within it.
THE SOULS INDEX.
'The soul is constantly developing the
heshly body. Every hneament and pecu-
harity not the result of some objective op-
position or injuring accident is the result Of
the character and development of the inner
man. Every human being is constantly in
carnating desires, thoughts and acts in his
own body. The hand Is the immediate
servant of the will. 1t is the index to the
man himself.
But to return to hands and what thew
reveal. The palm of the hand shows physical
strength, endurance, activity, or their oppe-
sites. 1t is also health bulletin. It shows
also the appetites and inclinations. The
lower part, next to the wrist, indicates ami
NAL strength and instincts when promi-
nently developed, the middle of the hand
the power of the brain and nerves. and the
upper part the force and character of the
emotions.
Large hands belong to those that work.
A man with such hand executes his plans.
acts out his impulses and materializes his
thoughts. He is complete in the PERFORM
ance OF his work. Small hands indicate
magnitude of plans, grace in execution, and
a delight in dealing with generaIities. The
medium sized hand is the hand that w1ll do
the thing best. james B. Eads, the orig1na-
tor Of the great st. Louis bridge, had very.
small hands, as has also Jay Gould. The
hard hand indicates persistency in effort
and endurance in physical exertion. The
sinewy hand expresses rapid, ,skillful activity,
and so on"