The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-01
TOLD BY THE NAILS.
ElGNS Ely WHICH A MANICURE is ABLE
TO READ CHARACTER.

Finger Nails That Indicate Lovo of luxury
and Others That Tell of Melancholy.
Study Nails md You VIII Learn Whom
to Trust and Whom to Shun.
Dear mo, but you arc luxurious in
your fastest" said u pretty little manicure,
who does thriving business in caring for
tho hands CT mon rs we'll as those of wom-
on. Tho customer to whom sho spoke was
young woman whom tho manicure had
never seen before
And, pray, how do you know that L
am luxurious in my fastest" tho customer
asked in astonishmcnt and ut tho same
timo with much interest.
"Oh, can tell by your nails You hear
people constantly talking of character be-
ing shown in tho hands, feet, eyes or
mouth, but no ono but manicure with
years of experience knows how pooplc can
DO read by their finger nails. I've been in
this business five years. Many of my GUS
toners arc men, and Two got those that
como to mo regularly down pretty fine,
md yct Two mover exchanged n dozen
words with most of them. Judge every
body the first timo that fix the nails, and
1t isn't often that l mako wrong csti-
mato OF II PERSONS charactor'
Du1 now III tho world can you toll
what man or woman is merely by tho
finger nails?" asked tho customer
because they arc such tclltales. AS
soon as took your hand in mino and saw
how your nails grow into tho flesh Mt tho
points and sides know instantly that nll
your tastes arc luxurious, and you indulge
yourself too, just rs far as you can, don't
your
"I'm afraid you are right"
There now, know 1t. All Of my Gus
toners who have such tastes have nails
that grow into tho flesh. They quarrel
about it and beg me for something to stop
this tendency, but l can't stop tho work
of nature or course it's ugly and often
causes pain to have tho nail imbed itself
in tho flesh, but if one is fond of self in
dulgcnco ono must pay tho penalty, even
to tho finger nails.
Tho other day q littlo woman came in
hero with pale nails They wero almost
lead colorcd. She made two or three pleas
ant remarks and finally said:
L wish my nails were pink, like those
of most girls
g But you can't have pink nails so long
rs you arc so melancholy Sanswercd, and
she blurtcd out:
You never saw mo before and don't
know whether I'm melancholy or notv
Oh, yes, 1 do, L said, because the
color of your nails tells mo so! Two SOW
cral melancholy customers, but thoy don't
know that know it. When person is
subject to fits of the blues, or rather is in
ii constant state of depression, tho nails
seem to turn lead colorcd from sympathy
If you would make up your mind to nj
ways DO cheerful, your nails would grow
pink after awhile
Then she told mo bow she had lost her
sweetheart just two weeks before thcy
were to have been married, and although
three years have elapsed she has never been
able TO shake off the melanchOlia"
For awhile only the sound of the flo
was heard, and then tho customer said
DO you know what you've been telling
mo Is very interesting? 1 wish you would
toll mo moro, for Pm going to begin to
study nails
"Wcll, " resumed the manicure, "broad
nails Indicate n gentle, timid and bashful
nature. OF course people with broad nails
often overcome their timidity and have
perfectly easy manners but they arc in
varinbly gentle. l made u customer very
angry once. She was q middle aged
woman and 1t was tho first time that shc
had ever como to me. Sho said that q
dear friend, Mrs. Brown, who was one of
my regular customers, had recommended
her To como to me. AS soon rs began to
work on her nails sho began to quarrel.
She quarrclcd with my Instruments and
my way of using thcm, and finally lot in
on her dear friend for sending her to me.
/ worked away and said nothing, and
when l finished her nails looked really
beautiful. She looked ut them and then
at me and said:
You must think mo very disagreea-
blo?
80 Oh, no' I answered. Il knew YOU
would quarrel about something when you
sat down, because your marrow nails told
mo that you had quarrclsome nature.
and you arc not only quarrolsomc but YOU
have an inortlinatc ambition. Pardon my
frankncss, but people with narrow nails
like yours arc always quarrclsomo and
ambitious
She ilounccd ont, but sho has como to
mo once week ever since.
That very day Il stout man Of athletic
build camo in. He fixed his piercing eyes
upon mo and seemed to be trying to read
me, but | had the advantage because 1
could read him without glancing ut his
face. After II time ho began to question
mo about my business and l pluckcd up
courage to volunteer:
And you are II student, You are fond
of knowledge and arc full of liberal scnt;-
mont
He stared mt me as if were crazy and
said nothing moro, but when he went to
leave no undid u parcel took out book
and wrote upon the fly leaf, For tho littlo
manicure who read tho author ut first
sight-from tho author, and presented it
to me. That author was one of the most
popular belonging to tho realistic school,
ana 1 gucss no thought was WITCH or
of course he thought that nobody would