Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-19
TOLD BY THE NAILS.
SIGNS BY WHlcH A MANICURE is ABls
TO READ CHARACTER.
ginger Nails That Indicate Love of Luxury
and Others That Tell of Melancholy.
Study Nails, and You VIII Learn Whom
to Trust and whom To shun.


your tastes said pretty little manicure,
who does thriving business in caring for
the hands of men n well IA those of wom-
en- The customer To whom she spoke was
young woman whom the manicure had
never seen before.
And, pray, how do you know that
Am luxurious iD my fastest the customer
asked in astonishment and at the same
time with much interest.
"Oh, can tell 10y your nails You hear
people constantly talking of character be-
ing 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 been In
this business five years Many of my Gus.
toners are men, and I've got those that
come To mo regularly down pretty fine,
and yet I've never exchanged a dozen
words with most of them | Judge every.
body the first time that l fix the nails, and
1t isn't often that | make "a wrong esti-
mate of IA persons character
But how in tho world can you tell
what man or n woman Is merely by the
finger nailS?' asked the customer.
Because they are such tclltalcs AS
b)on as l took your hand in mine and saw
how your nails grew into the flesh at the
points and sides / knew instantly that all
your tastes are luxurious, and you indulge
yourself too, just as far az yoi. can, don't
You?'
II IN afraid you are right"
There now, | know it, All OF my Gus
jomers who have such tastes have nails
that grow into the flesh They quarrel
about it and beg me for something TO stop
this tendency, but | can't stop the work
of nature OF course it : ugly and often
causes pain t. have the nail imbed itself
In the ilesh, but if one is fond of self in
diligence one must par the penalty, even
TO the finger nails.
The other day little woman came in
here with pale nails They were almost
lead colored. She made two or three pleas.
ant remarks and finally said:
- i wish my nails were pink. like those
Of most girls
4" But you can't have pink nail, so long
as you are so melancholy, Ianswered. and
she blurted out:
" You never saw me before and don't
know whether | m melancholy or mott
" oh, yes, | do, | said, because the
color of your nails tells me 50. We sew
eral melancholy customers but they dont
know that | know 1t. When a person ia
subject to fits Of the blues, or rather is in
: constant state Of depression, the nails
seem to turn lead colored from sympathy
II you would make up your mind u al
ways bee cheerful your nails would grow
pink after awhile
Then she told me how she had lost her
sweetheart just two weeks before they
were 10 have been married, and although
three years have elapsed she has never been
able 10 shake off the mclancholia -
For awhile only the sound Of the file
was heard and then the customer said
Do you know what you sc been telling
me j. very interesting? | wish you would
tell me more, for I'm going to begin to
study nails
We'll, " resumed the manicure broad
nails indicate "A gentle, timid And bashful
nature. OF course people with broad nails
often overcome their timdity and have
perfect ly easy manners, but they are in.
yariahly gentle. / made a customer very
angry once. She was middle aged
woman, and IL was the first time that she
had ever come to me-. Size said that
dear friend Mrs Brown, who was one OF
my regular customers, had recommended
her 10 come to me. As soon As | began =
work on her nails she began 10 quarrel.
She quarrelod with my instruments and
my way of using them, and finally let in
on her dear friend for sending her to me
/ worked away and said nothing, and
when finished her nails looked rcall!
beautiful she looked at them and then
AZ me and said:
You must think me very disagreed
ble?
Oh. no. | answered ! knew you
would quarrel about something when you
sat down, because your narrow nails told
mo that you had quarrel>ome nature,
and you are not only qU1Yrol,omc but you
have an inorduate ambition. Pardon my
frankne,,. bur people with narrow nails
IKE yours are Away, quarrcl-ome and
ambitious
she nounccl ont, hut she has come tC
me once a wrci ever since.
That Very Gaya stout man II athletic
build came n He GScd hi, piercing Dyes
upun me and seemed 90 be trying % read
me, but | had the advantage, because
could read him without glaHcing at his
face After "A time ho began to question
me about my business, and | pluckeu W
courage 10 volunteer.
And you are a student. you are fond
Of knowledge and are fuIl ot liberal senti-
ment'
He stared at me a. # were cyazy ant
said nothing more but when he went tc
leave he undid parcel took out a book
and wrote upon the ty leaf For the little
manicure who read the author at first
sight-from the author, and presented 1t
to me That author wa1 one OF the most
popular belonging TO the realistic school,
and guess he thought | was a witch, or
of course ne thought that nobody would
take him tor student with his magnfi
cent physique. He didn't know that his
round mills had indicated to me what his
chief characteristics were, and he has mover
been back since Perhaps he was afraid
Of me, but anyway | prize that book he
gave me above anything else that have.
small nails indicate littleness of mind,
obstinacy and conccit Watch out for the
person with small nails, especially il 1t
happens 20 be a man for he will he capa
Bile OF petty thoughts, speeches and actions
and thinks more Of himself chan of any
one else II It is "a woman, she l. apt to
be spitefui and jealous and generally
speaking says things behind your back
that she wouldu' TO your face