Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-07-27

The Freach Novelist Gives sn Interesting
Chapter on Chiromsncy.

The Preach Novelist Gives sn Interesting
Chapter on Chiromsncy.
A new md distinguished professor
OF palmisiry has arisen In the person
OF NJ. Alexandra Dumas. who contrib
utes 10 Art and Letters an interesting
paper on The Hand" or rather
chiromancy. for he discusses the said
member In relation to character.
Even were this article not signed IL
would be easy TO sec that 1t is written
by a man. for II treats solely OF femi-
nine hands--just as the fair author
ess OF the numerous ''palmistry" I
pamphlets now so much In vogue
deal mainly with those OF men. But
NJ Dumas brings fresh interest to the
subject. investing 1t with all his we'll
known verve aud originality.
He has restricted" himself, he tells
MS. to five types OF hands and has
studied. by observation and inve-tiga-
tion. science which he holds TO be
.exact and positive" The worst OF II
is that In the outset this science Is
calculated TO inspire gloomy feelings.
There Is apparently only one ''really
happy hand for n woman." and that
il according TO NJ. Dumas, an ugly
hand--large. red and knotty; "a dread
full hand, like a mans" With this
..happy hand the wife will be always
busy. exemplary and capable; she Will
so henpeck and domineer over her
husband that after her death he win
not retain even energy enough 10 sur
vive herl No one can doubt that To
possess such hand would indeed be
happiness such as Is seldom vouch-
safed 10 mortals. As for the other
.cur types. they have certainly more
beauty To boast Of. but. as they are
alternately expressive OF ''mere ami
/ NAL "Messalina," a Charlotte
Corday' or a .Montespan." they can
not be said to be exactly enviable.
: But 1.-The hand Is the ideal of the
human SOUL" says M. Dumas. and
! though people whom we have an In
, terest In knowing can. by their coun-
4 tenance and skill. often mislead us.
= their hands betray their real selves. "
: The hand can not deceive.
, .'From no one who Is willing TO take
D pains 10 be attentive, can man or wom-
> an, however reticent they try to be with
their eyes. their mouth. with their
u features. whatever mastery they may
I have over their physiognomy, hide any
g longer even the profoundest. the mos
: mysterious. part OF their inner being
A woman must be careful to observ,
y the thumbs OF the man she marries. NJ
II Dumas insists. Concern yoursel
d above all. with the thumbs; one al
u ways has To come back TO the scienc'
- Eaf the hand 10 The study of the thumb
as Upon its length depefTds is--4aassss.l,l
ne reasoning faculty aud will; upon IN
n protuberance from which IL spring
st depend his power and energy. Fits c
d, enthusiasm, of encouragement, In
er pulses. regrets. mighty resolution
ie not to give way. sudden relapses, sue
to Is the character of little thumbs
r. Notice. then. very attentively. made
ne moiselle. the hands OF those wh
Vt aspire to yours. When the wooer
us dining at your house. or in the eve'
e, Ing after dinner. do not move yot
he eyes from that ambitious hand. an
Ia make your representations accor'
ne ingly."
he Type No. Is the ''happy hand" b
Is fore mentioned-the ugly. health
ac- hand. denoting well-balanced mir
es- and an iron digestion. 1t Is "a rath,
ar, large hand. white In warm weathe
a red in cold. whose fingers. longer ths
OIL the palm. have very plainly mark,
II knots at the joints and short nail
ng The little Is almost as long as the rir
As finger. The palm Is broad. and u
he whole hand Is somewhat hard, I
les ,kough the skin Is soft and alwa
to cool. With hand like that. madam
lie whatever the hand OF your husbai
ice might be. IL is you who would be q
ly. man. because you would add TO d
IN. influence of your sex, even II you we
the not very pretty. the power OF refls
not ticn, win and invincibie perseverance
adj May God give a hand like yours
The our mothers. our sisters. our daug
Is tors. our wives. our housekeepers. o
In servnntse
ing Type No. 3.--This IL "a short han
la with a highly developed palm. {
I'm. size OF which viii be altogether out
has proportion with the other parts; u
be- hand will be. 50 TO speak. square. I
ng- fingers being nearly all OF the sal
ute length. With gloves II seems gu
alo small. A child's hand-only when
Is bare. and you squeeze 10, II war
you. by its resistance and hardness.
the danger you may incur, II y
are one OF those who can take wal
r. ing. This hand. kind of VII
- denotes brute instinct. egotism. cru
:. even In the midst Of pleasure. |
- men with little thumbs avoid Il
~, hand; let men with big thumbs
and exterminate IL! IL Is the hand
l. Messalina OF Phmdra, OF Sappho. :
Glasgow Herald.