The morning times., 1896-03-27
HEADS READ FROM HANDS
Adele Marie Graef's Theory of
Art and Anatomy Combined.
SOME SPECIMEN FINGERS
DR.. TaImage's Hand the First Ex-
ample of the New Philosophy In
Washington = French Minister
Student of the Art-A Talk with the
Exponent of the Beautiful Study.

The science of the head is literally at
ones fingers ends.
The philosophy of the hand is perhaps
very general description OF a beautiful
study in which Adele Marie Graef has
been engaged for some years. This lady
is OF New York city, and is in the city
at the Ebbitt House, having come TO Wash
ingtOn to pursue her investigation with
the hands of some of our most distinguished
citizens in public and private life.
The theory of Adele Marie Graef is that
the hand is the index in very large degree
OF the VIII and other mental faculties;
and, this being granted, she has under
taken TO read from the hand or casts
OF the hands mental temperaments and
traits of character She proceeds on the
plausible theory that the hand is connected
with the motto center, is the executor of
the Will, and that the expression OF the
nerve thoughts should naturally be sought
in the hand rather than in the eye, the lip
or other features usually relied upon for
character reading.
In order TO bring her theory into prac-
tice on an experimental, philosophical bass,
like all other inductiye sciences, Adele
Marie Graef has generalZed from u null
tltude OF actual cases.
STUDIED ALL CLASSES.
She said last night TO The Times that
she has visited hundreds OF prisons, asy
lums, sanitariums, and hospitals with a
view OF studying hands originally and
from casts, and had besides many expert
mental cases OF prominent meu in this
country and on the continent.
1T is something, then, like the study
OF palmistry?'
Not at all. There is nothing of
charlatanry in the study, as ] understand
nm n Harts, bon r.,
prove the connection between art and
anatomy. ] presume that the idea OF
palmistry, III this connection, comes from
| the word casts. as If / were taking casts
OF horoscopes or dealing otherwise with
the tranSCendental arts. On the con-
trary, IL is purely scientific inYesti-
CATION, and / am astonished that it has
lot been pursued in city like Washington
where there are so many admira bic OPP
portunities and subjects for the inquiry.
lit is not new at any rate in Paris and
by the way ] understand that the French
| minister here has made it u study and
has made some casts of prominent persons
in your city.
HAS TALMAGE'S HAND.
Have you done any work here yet?''
Il have taken "A cast of the hand OF DR..
Talmage and shall take others before L
| leave the city
The apostle OF the new philosophy went
| on to say that she had taken casts of the
hands of chauncey Depew ana OF Henry
Clews, the New York banker, and that
| these casts were in proof OF the correctness
of her theory. These casts, as all others,
are taken from the hand in it's natural
pose, every one having a favorite or
natural position for the hand when in
rcpose. The cast of Chauncey Depew's
hand, for instance, presents the open palm
outwardly with the little and ring finger
| incurved 10 the palm.
| This was an indication OF what might be
| called unrcScrye, while the hand OF Mr..
| Ciews is taken with the fingers closed
except the index finger, which is extended,
indicating possibly the opposite tempera-
nent. Both of these positions are as natural
ito the two men as the color of their eyes.
There are, however, many other consid-
aiions besides the position of the hand in
TcpoSc that 20 20 ma ke up the verdict, suCh
| a. the texture of the flesh, the conformation
OF the fingers, the adhesivenesS or nabbi-
| ness OF the skin and many other such
| characteristics.
GOES BY CONTRARIES.
| Abeautiful hand, forinstancc .byno means
| indicates beautiful character or mind
In most cases the fact is the opposite to this
I conclusion.
| NO; ii is not a fad. There was beauti
/ full Old custom among the English OF ta king
| casts of the hand of the newly born children
| and especially OF the first born, which
| casts were kept until the marriage OF the
| young people whose casts We're taken, but
| this was mere matter OF sentiment, YET
| valuable. or late, however, there has be
| come known the scientific value or such
| and other casts, and il is on this line that
| am working
Adele Marie Graef is a most entertaining
and intelligent talker and is quite in love
| with her pretty subject Her face is ut
| tractyc and lights up pleasantly when dis
| CuSSing her theories, which she admits &c
bc no longer theories but a fixed branch
of experimental philosophy. Her investi
| cations in Washington, when completed
will no doubt be extremely Interesting or
| account OF their high and wide posi-
| hiIitiHs