Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-09-30
LANGUAGE OF THE HAND.
Revelation of Character by dArpsntig-
ny'a System of Chirognomy,

Revelation of Character by dArpsntig-
ny's System of Chirognomy.
In dAypentigny's system of chirog-
nomy he divides the hands into seven
classes. 9Ae lowest type is the elemen-
tary, or large-palmed hand, in which
the fingers are large and stiff. the thumb
short and generally turned back and the
palm big, thick and hard. Its possess
sors, according to this authority, are
devoid of enthusiasm and wanting in
resources and moral strength. Their
feelings are heavy and sluggish. their
| imaginations dull and their souls inert.
The spatulated type comes next in or
der, and derives its name from TIE fact
that the finger ends are flattened and
broadened out after the manner of
spatula. This variety is rare in south
ern countries, having its origin in lati-
tudes where the severity of the climate
and the comparatively sterile nature
of the soil make movement and locomo-
ton and the practice of those arts
which protect the physical weakness of
man necessary.
The comic hand has smooth fingers.
terminating in a cone or thimble, and
indicates q talent for the plastic arts
painting, sculpture and monumental
architecture. 1t also shows poetic
| imagination and n love of the bcauti-
full in the solid and visible form, but it
| denotes an aversion to rigorous deduc-
| ton. Its owners are enthusiastic and
romantic, bat arc under the subsection
Of phantasy. The square type is of
medium size and has the thumb large,
with the ball well developed. the palm
| hollow and rather firm and the finger
| tips square. To it belong prcseyer-
ance, foresight and conventionality. Its
owners are endowed with vigorous in
tclligence, but they are dcnizcns of the
earth. They are without wings and
cannot soar.
In the knotty, or phhosophic type,
he finger joints are well marked and
| their ends terminate in half square,
half comic form. Have you such n
hand?" says d'Arpentigny. "Know,
then, that it Proclaims genius, an in
clination toward speculative IDEAS, Il
capacity for the higher PHI losor HI cal
sciences and for the rigorous deduc-
| tons of verbal argument. 1t evinces
love of the absolutely true, an inter
est in things, advanced logic and poetry
of reason and of thought"
The pointed or psychic hand is the
most beautiful of ALL 1t has medium
palm and smooth fingers. or fingers
with the joints only just perceptible.
Their upper phalange is long. and
drawn out to point, and the thumb is
small and elegant To it belongs n
love of contemplation, idcalism, reli-
gious feeling, indifference to material
interests, poetry of soul and of heart,
lyric inspiration, and a taste for all
things beautiful by their form and es'
sence, but particularly by the latter.
Should the hand be large, with joints
slightly visible, it indicates force, but
it also shows lack Of righteousness.
The mixed hand is the most confus-
ing, being a combination of two types
Like the separate breeds of dogs, how
ever, the different varieties cannot alter
themselves beyond certain point. In
obedience to some occult force they are
continually brought back to their
original purity.-Philadelphia Times.