Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-03

.ho states together at the close Of his
1lD+,,,.ip,r tour in Great Britain.
ma haud Of which | have a draw
IVA. OF medium size, inclining to
I5,o. he palm thick and heay4s the
~ sistency firm. neither hard nor s0ft;
80 thumb rather long Ii. G., reaching
sl,nosf to the first phalanx of the fore
fnrer). its two phalanges being OF
7oI lenrth. and the outer phalanX
intpd. The fingers were large and
- sauare. the Joints not very prom
80 the outer or nailed phalanges
-, tbn nails round aud inclining to
1boTfness. the lower phalanx thick.
TIere was surprising collection of
a,a,naIies for cheirosophist! So pre-
s1r,inr il to be unique specimen. l
made very careful drawing thereof
and notes thereon.
But hardly had l settled down 70 a
steady swing of hand reading when |
made a quaint discovery to-wit that
ans was She distinctiyely American
band-seycu OUT OF ten hands that
were presented to me. whether male
or female, presented this, to me here
+,fota unknown, collection Of contrast
mo- formations. Their significance is
INTERESTING as n sketch of the Ameri-
can character.
The Size of the hand indicates a ca
,,acitv for svnthesis combined with
ANALYSIS. a capacity to seize the mean
inc Of an entire subject, and analyze
;ts details with equal raPidlty; the
naIm riyes sensuality and love OF
Measure the consistency gives great
mental activity and love of exercise
,,,ben other people are taking it; in 4
word. love of the display of physical
energy, which we do not ourselves
Il ,,rocfice The thumb denotes an equal
n amount Of viii power and common
81 sense. neither overriding the other.
The fingers again show n love of pleas
ure and luxury, combined with intense
order. regularity, and arrangement,
4 and spirit Of impulsive calculation
q III may be allowed the paradox, u
u tendency to act promptly on an inn
Dulse and analyZe the cause and effects
n Of ones actions afterwards, so as to
q make ones action, however hasty, in
IRE to ones own good. Dominating
Il the entire character is keen intuition,
4 and good natured spirit of criticism,
4 shown By the long-pointed or comic
TIPS with the short round nails.
i 1t took me a month before | could
contrast aud combine these character
istics SO as to arrive mt clear COM
Il prchension Of the average American
4 personally, aud during that month
u made some grand enemies, who have
4 never forgiven me! Indeed, had it not
i been that / had Henry Ward Beecher's
4 hand to ponder over before | arrived,
4 ! should probably have been so rat
4 tied by the type rs to despair Of ever
N properly diagnosing it.
have derived much pleasure-and
) some pain from it, but to it / owe
h one Of my sublimest American expert
cncpS My thirty-Second fool-girl stem
oe.apher entered ON her duties one
morning in Boston a lady entered,
seated herself. and rendered to me
"thc distnctiyely American hand. y
Motioniug my stcuographer to take
her seat at my elbow, rs usual, | be-
gan: You see, your hand is at the
same time square and comic-a comic.
My gentle stenographer deliberately
typed the following heading to my
i description:
You see, heaven is sublime to stare
at, and what an aifiictonm
She had provided me with Il prob
lem far handler to solve than the dis
tinctiyely American hand. Heron-AL-
\ len n, 1nierica.