Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-11-08
SAD LIGHTS ON PALMISTRY.
A Famous Palmist Tells Some of the
Secrets of Her Art.

Secrets of Her Art.
When l read a palm l always begin
by shaking hands with my victim
This is my own idea. as far as know
though have recently heard that Des,
barolles the past master in the art of
chiromancy. often began his readings
with handShake. 1t is net, however
so set down in his book ON the subject
or in any other work 1 have ever seen
The mere touch of the hand gives YOU
certain intimate acquaintance with
it. that all the lines and bumps and
even the general form of the palm and
fingers cannot tell one For example
the pallid. slender, thin-skinned, loose
ly-knit, moist. cool hand of the woman
who lives on her nerves indicates lack
of health and lack of vitality. Such a
hand belongs to sentimental morbid
temperament, and is an invaluable KEY
to the reading of the lines 1t is easy
also to detect from the feeling of the
fingers the uses to which they are put
The violinist with his calloused finger
tips, the elastic spread of the fingers
and the development of the muscles
across the hand of the practised pian-
list. tell the tale of such occupation at
once.
3 If the left hand is larger than the
right it is a strong presumption in it.
self that thee wner is left-handed. In
this case ask to shake both hands.
You can at once detect the left-handed
man by this means and that in spite of
the fact that he is in the habit of Civ
ing the right hand for the purpose
The stronger muscular development
and wOrk-a-day feel of the left hand
leaves you in no doubt
A firm. strong. warm clasp. bespeak-
ing health and heartiness, tells YOU of
the unSuSpicious. generous normal man
or woman. and such nature is free
from certain petty faults. Even if you
should see these very traits written in
the palm lines you realize that they
are balanced or overbalanced by vir-
tue of what the hand-Shake implies
and you interpret the opposing lines
and marks as inherited qualities. For,
to the eye of the keen observer. each
Of its fOrbearS.
A careful examination of the great
form. the consistency of the flesh and
skin gives you an idea of the admix-
ture of nationality in a person. If
there has been Latin blood, by which
mean French. Italian. Spanish. any of
the southern races, with Anglo-SaXOn
it betrays itself in a certain difference
in texture, hard to explain, but easy of
detection to one who knows it. There
is a sickness of the skin and the flesh
lies under it like the inside of a ripe
peach. 1t is more SensuOuS hand 70
hold or to look at. OF such a type is
the soft but firm woman's hand that
slides slowly out of your clasp, like a
whit" kitten; Il hand suggestive of RO-
meG'S words:
| For palm to palm is holy palmers
kiss
I The Turk, the Egyptian, the Greek,
have these qualities to still more
marked degree and a deeper shade of
color that helps the novice to recognize
the trace of such blood more easily. 1t
is extraordinary how one drop of for
eign blood inherited from an antago-
nistic race will endure and show it
self after generations of pure breed
ing. AS an example of this, let me tell
you the story of an artist. a very well
known American artist, whose hand /
read last winter, before I knew his
name.
''You have oriental blood in your
veins, southern at least" / said. He
gave me quick glance, and asked:
GLOW do you know that?"
I smiled. / was not at that moment
unraveling the mysteries of the art, as
I am now doing.
! 81 have been American born and
bred, ever since the battle of Bunker
HILL" he said, ION both sides, but my
ancestor who fought there-a mere boy
had a Spanish Moorish name. inner
! tied from Spanish Moorish father.
He, the father, came over to New Or
leans as refugee about the time
when poor Manon Lescant made her
tragic journey to the same place. This
ancestor found his way Bostonwards.
! The he met and married a Puritan
maiden and their boy at the age of
thirteen fought at the great battle
the Yankee boy with Moorish name.
In each generation ever since there
has been a Yankee boy with that name,
and [ am the last of them"
! SO there was the strange oriental
blood showing itself in this mans
hand after five generations, as it
showed itself in his name and fame,
too, perhaps. for he sees and depicts
things as the descendant of a dweller
on the Mediterranean shores do.
| The general critical survey of the
hand following the hand-shake will
tell you, too, much about the tastes,
the habits of the individual. The hand
of the athlete is known at once; the
hand of the sportsman, of the surgeon
are most easy Of detection, and every
trade sets it's seal upon the hand that
practices it. only that it requires ex-
perience and observation, for expert
ence and observation, in this art as in
every other, are worth all the learn
ing of the schools There is a certain
precision. firmness, yet delicacy Of
touch that makes it almost impossible
for one to be deceived about a hand
that is in the habit of working with
eye or mind.
! I have never seen Buffalo Bills hand
h1t T ShoI1Td not p11aSs at If If fifty