The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02
iCopyright, 1896

Nop1iiBht, lS'D-J
At a great political mass meeting last
| winter one OF the speakers held up hi.
hand, palm outward to the audience Il
was only for two seconds that the great
muscular white palm was spread out be
fore them But in that brief space. Of time
ali saw it-and felt it.
The speaker paused in the address He
had made his point. He had declared
such and such a thing to be the truth. and.
before the audience he spread out that
palm in noble GESTURE.
4 5 he lowered his hand j sigh OF relief
passed. over the house. The audience
settled hack well pleased and the spea ker
went on to the next point in his address.
But the principal point had been made,
and that by palm. That perfectly Well
balanced hand could say words which no
tongue could tell
THE THIEF" BUMP.
Mr. Blaine wa atonetime the very earnest
friend OF n statesman no less renowned in
history. once, getting view of that
statesman's hand, Blaine is reported to
have fallen into a moody spell. II did
not know he was thief lie was heard
to mutter, until / saw his hand" And
Blaine. the man who could run the whole
gamut or politics and die without ever
having been millionaire, had no use
for "a thief
The hand, whether by ciliroynonly or
chironancy, is surely an indication Of a
mans leaEings Chirognomy Is the shape
of the hand. whether long or short or thin
or thick, or fat or lean. Chiromancy
deals with the lines upon he palms and the
markings. Both together make p2inistry,
and paluistry is science that grows
instead of diminishing in favor.
The thief mount of the hand IL the
elevation upon the inside of the paln at
the base OF the forefinger. 1t is the Mount
OF Jupiter. And if too well de- eloped. to
look symmetrical upon tie hand il niea MS
the taking of property that does not be-
long to one. In u politician IT might mean
a working OF selfish interests to Boncyed
benefits. In the street arab 1t would
mean the making OF pickpocket. Arr
absolute depression at the base OF the fore
finger means too. much honesty. Honesty
that sights oue's self.
A mount at the base II the middle finger
means the hordiHg Of money. A depression
OF the same SPOT means Il spcndthrift.
There are people who have an elevation
here upon the inside of the hand that
hord their money. while Others spend. They
may not be "spOnCers," but when they
put down money they are going TO see il
come back in some form
A mount at the base Of the third finger
stands for devoutness, or, in ii broad in
depreciation, dew Otion to cause The
candidate william j. Bryan, has that
mount yery largely developed; and we
know lie is a good Presbyterian. He
probably came of a church going people
for generations. Clergyrnen have de-
cided bump a [ the base OF this third finger.
MKINLEY'S BUMPS.
The elevation at the little fiuger-the
little cushioned pad, as it appears TO be
signifies generosity. Mckinley has this
well shown He is generous man-almost
to prodigahty One hand has always been
in his pocket for the needy. A man with
a very broad pad here will never Have
any money and one with a very high pad
will spend it all at once-as fast e. he
gets it, Or. rather. will give it away or
bestow it upon some one Of something. II
is the bump that allows no accumulation OF
riches. "a
The inventor has bump on the outer
md lower side OF the hand. This in Edison
and Nicola Tesla is so pronounced US TO
make the hand wedge-shaped.
There is u very curious development to