The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-03
TOLD BY FINGER NAILS.
Signs by Which a Manicure Is Able
TO Read Charactcr.

lear me, out you are luxurious in your
tastes?' said pretty little manicure who
does a thriving business in caring for
the hands of men as well as those of
women. The customer to whom she smoke
was young woman whom the manicure
had never seen before.
And, pray, how do you know that I
am luxurious in my tastes?'' the customer
asked in establishment, and at the same,
time with much interest.
oh, can tell by your nails. You hear
people constantly talking of character
being shown in the hands, feet, eyes. or
mouth, but no one but a manicure with
years Of experience knows how people
can be read by their finger nails I've
Deen IN this business five years; many of
my customers are men, and I've got those
that come to me regularly down pretty
me- and yet I've never exchanged a dozen
words with most of them. l Judge ev-
eryoody the first time that 1 fix the nails,
and II isn't often that / make a wrong
estlmate or persons character"
But how in the world can you tell
what man or a woman is merely by
the finger nails? '' asked the customer.
Because they are such telltales As
soon as 1 TOOK your hand in mine and saw
how your nails grew into the flesh at the
points and sides, 1 knew instantly that
all your tastes are luxurious and Won
lnaulge yourself, too, just as far as you
can, don't your
I'm afraid you are right"
There, now, ! knew it, All Of my
customers who have such tastes have
nails that grow into the flesh. They
quarrel about II and beg me for some
tnlnS TO stop this tendency, but l can't
stop the work of nature. OF course it's
ugly and often causes pain to have the
nan embed itself in the flesh, but if one
Is Iond OF self-indulgence one must pay
the penalty, even to the finger nails.
Inc other day little woman came
in here. with pale nails they were almost
Iead-colOred. She made two or three
pleasant remarks, and finally said:
1 wish my nails were pink like those
Of most girls.
but you can't have ping nails so long
as you are melancholy, L answered, and
she blurted out:
" You never saw me before, and don't
know whether l am melancholy or notr
" oh, yes L do, L said, because the
color of your nails tell me so. I've sew
SIdl meiahchoIE customers, put they uoh [
know that know it. When a person
is subject to fits of the blues, or rather
is in constant state of depression, the
nails seem to- turn lead-colored from
sympathy. If you would make up your
mind to be always cheerful your nails
would grow pink after awhile
Then she told me how she had lost
her sweetheart just two weeks before
they were to have been married; and al
though three years had elapsed she has
never been able to. shake off the melan-
For awhile only the sound of the file
was heard, and then the customer said.
DO you know what you've been tell
ing me is very interesting? | wish you
would tell me more, for I'm going to begin
to study nails.
nails indicate a gentle, timid, bashful ma
ture. OF course, people with broad nails
often overcome their timidity and have
perfectly easy manners, but they are in
variably gentle. 1 made a customer. very
angry once. She was a middle-aged wo-
man. and it was the first time that she
had ever come to me. She said that dear
friend, Mrs. Brown. who was one OF my
regular customers, had recommended her
to come to me. AS soon as began to work
quarrelled with my instruments and my
way of using them, and nnally let IN on
her dear friend for sending her to me.
worked away and said nothing, and when
| finished her nails looked really beautiful.
She looked at them~and then at me ana
said H., ,,a4 .n,n,, ma ,or,, d,sa graea-
"Oh. no l answered. 4 knew you
would quarrel about something when you
sat down. because your narrow nails told
me that you had a quarrelsome nature,
and you are not only quarrelsome. but
you have en- inordinate ambition. Pardon
nv frankness, but people with narrow
nails like yours are always quarrelsome
she fonnced out. but she has come to
me once week ever since.
build came ia. He fixed his piercing eyes
upon me- and seemed to be trying to read
me, but I had the advantage, because
could read him without SlahcIhg AZ ms
face After a time he began to question me
about my business and l plucked up cour-
age to volunteer:
And YOU are a student-you are fond
of knowledge and are full OF liberal sentl-
ment.
"He stared at me as if 1 were crazy, and
said nothing more, but when he went to
loaxr hp a
and wrote upon fly leaf, For the lit
tie manicure who read the author at first
sight From the author, and presented
it to me. That author was one of the most
popular belonging to the realistic school,
and | guess he thought l was witch, or
of course he thought that NOBODY would
take him for a student with his magnif-
cent PHYSIQUE. He didn't know that his
rOund nails had indicated to me what his
chief CHARACTERISTICS We're anu ne mas e ne "a
err been back since. Perhaps ne was AFRAID
of me: but any way l prize that book ne
gave me above anything else that l nave
Small nails indicate Httleness or MIND,
ohstinacv and conceit Watch out for
the person with small nails, especially II
it happens to be a man, for ne VIII be
capable of petty thoughts, speeches and
actions. and thinks more of himself than
of any one else. If it is woman, she is
apt to be spiteful and jealous, and, gen
orally speaking, says things De9 9l your
back that she wouldn't to your face.
people of bilious temperament have
red and spotted nails, and so do martial
men. Qellgntln2 war. w mere YOU see
these red nails you may be sure that the
person possessing them is easily irritated,
though apt to get in good humor just
as easily.
There is a superstition to the effect
that white marks on the nails denote
misfortune, but there is nothing in it.
These white marks that schoolgirls call
beaux, merely show that there is too
much acid in the system. They are rather
disfguring, but are easy enough to get
rid of if one is inclined to diet for week.
People with very pale nails are subject
to much bodily infirmity, and If you OBJ
serve them closely you will find that they
always have a grievance. They really are
easily imposed upon, and often suffer
persecution from neighbors and friends,
and they dote' on talking about their
troubles. Be lenient with them, because
they cannot help it."
How very interesting" exclaimed the
customer once more, as the manicure put
on the finishing touch with the polisher,
land now to look at my nails nobody
would ever dream that 1 dearly love
luxurious apartments, high living, and the
best of everything that the land affords.
I'll be back next week, and please watch
all the nails that you handle, and tell me
about them when 1 come"
Nine Adam has retired from the ed
itorship of the Nouvelle Revue in order