The morning call., 1893-08-14
GRAPHOLOGY.

| am a student OF graphology; in fact,
NAV call myself a devotee of that science.
WHY this simple fact should have been
so misconstrued, why l an buried here
for wears is more inexplicable than the
orbit of Biela's comet.
But. as the books say, We anticipate.
To 90 back to the beginning. then, l
came naturally by my love for the occult
sciences. for my parents. poor but honest
residents Of Boston. were adopts in the
fascinating art Of astrolOgy and palmistry.
Strange that their business should have
been restricted by the prejudices Of soci-
ETY.. But so it was, and they always suf-
fered from q little sense Of unreQuited
merit.
Often, often have heard my respected
father, when, like Noah's dove. the poor
man had not spot where he could safely
rest moment, mnrmur:
"Ah! These Americans. They have no
laisssz faire; they would chain the
thoughts of the venturesome soul and clip
the wings Of the piriDg mindp'
Perhaps one cause OF the misconcepton
arose from the fact that his vocation took
him out in the streets every evening, and.
Is he was incidentally preparing new
thousand and One Nights" it was absn-
lu-eig necessary for him TO enter occasion
q uuannOunced at strangers house to
gather data for this work.
The good man, however. never neglected
u hear me recite my little lessons before
going out in the gloomy night to earn our
daily bread These chiefly consisted of
maxms aud proverbs. which were to be
NV aids and guidance in after life. such as:
It's better to rob Peter without paying
Paul"
Avoid courts and Judges. for though
they are emnently respectable they are
decidedly trying"
And the kpitome of all law. the eleventh
Commandment:
Thou shalt not be found out"
Alas! | lost my guide and counselor in
my fifteenth year in a most unfortunate
manner. Pun suing his midnight labors,
my father found in one house large bas-
ket of silver, somewhat tarnIShed. Neat
ness was one of the tenets of our faith. so
he decided 10 bring it home, polish 1t and
return it before daybreak.
But he was discovered as he was jump
ing lightly through a window,was collared
and hardly allowed to stale his ideas of
cleanliness coming next to goodness"
before he was given into the custody of
the police.
Why put an unpleasant truth in glazing
colors? Ii suffices to say that as a result
the state took upon itself his maintenance
for the next ten years.
So the burden of our support fell on my
mothers willing shoulders. and through
palmistry she supplied our simple home
with conforts-nay, Injuries.
AS practiced by her this science de-
yeloned new and startling features.
capacious bag under the dress skirt. little
nockets liz her sleeves and flexibleness o (
hand and fingers brought her large returns
on 'bargan day" in crowded shops and
on the boulevards.
Rnther goodness of heart at last confused
her discretion.
It was nv birthday and she sailed forth
ia nronre me a diamond pin. She did not
retnrn7 and I learned from the papers that
night that the relentless fate that had so
constantly logged our footsteps had made
an other victim.
That gentle woman had been searched
as she left the store.
In vain had she tried to palm Mysteries
on the proprietor. She followed my
father. who was not losl but only gone
before.
Thus al II 1 was alone in the world.
without guidance or advice. was preco-
cious youth, we'll up in all the isms and
fads of the day, as became one brought up
under such auspices and in the rarlfed air
of Boston; but | had not the purse OF For
fuuatus, and must look about for some
honest means of gaining a sustenance.
NV father had proved the faliacy of
astrology, and my mothers sudden end
showed me the boIiowness Of the far
famed palmistry. To what. then. should
turn my brilliant faculties?
That period of indeci>ion was the bitter
est of my life, for in Boston not to have a
fad is social extinction.
But from the reDressed fires Of my am
bition anon there arose the beautiful
phenix of graphologyl Graphology.
mightiest OF modern sciences, by which
one might learn 10 know ones self and
ones capabilities.
Eagerly procured the book and anxi-
ouslv dssected and analysed my hand
writing.
Horrcrs! According to its standards |
was false, unstable, mercenary and cruel.
What would be my future with such char
The world, as we all know. has only
prizes and rewards for the noble. "The
young are adaptab le." one Of my maxims.
came to cheer me in this slough OF de-
spond.
All, yes, If l could only have as model
the letter of some righteous, successful,
perhars wealthy man. l might initiate his
style of handwriting until my character.
too. became like his.
In phrenology do not professors agree
that deficient bumps may be enlarged and
iHCIchncu ny eHo COnotdb1 eAOiSioO VI tur
underlying faculties and by suitable ex-
terna treatment of those indexes of the
mind?
Why not, then. similar result from
changed handwriting upon the character?
1t was truly original and progressive
idea. / real Zed that should be honored
and Landed as the benefactor of the human
race, and already meGitated on the OPEN
ing sentences of my forthcoming book,
entitled "Graphology. or Morals Made
Easy and Every Man Saint"
It was in0eed an inspiration. Ii we
neglect our privileges the gods take them
from us. So bestirred myself TO find the
Of some noble and successful
man. which might be the copy for the
whole mass of struggling humanity, N.Y.
self first.
A club seemed to be the most fitting