Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-01-10
TOLD by THE NAILS.
SIGNS 81 W4lCt4 A MANICURE is ABLa
TO READ CHARACTER.
Finger Nails That Indicate Love OF Luxury
and Others That Tell of Melancholy.
Study Nails, and You WIN Learn Whom
to Trust and Whom TO Shun.

Study Nails, and You WIN Learn Whom
to Trust and Whom to shun.
Dear me, but You are luxurious In
your tastes said pretty little manicure,
who docs thriving business in caring for
| the hands of men rs we'll as those Of WON.
! Tn. The customer 10 whom she spoke was
young woman whom the manicure had
never seen before.
And, pray, how do you know that
Am luxurious in my tastesy' the customer
asked in establishment and nj the same
! time with much interest.
"Oh, / can tell by your nails You hear
people constantly talking of character be-
ing shown in the hands feet, eyes or
mouth, but no one but manicure with
! years Of experience knows how people can
be read by their 1ngcr nails I've been In
this business tyu years, Many of my Gus.
toners are men, and I've got those that
come to me regularly down pretty fine,
and yet I've never exchanged dozen
words with most of them | Judge every.
body the first time that | fix the nails, and
it isn't Otter that | make u wrong esti.
mate of a persons character
But how in the world can YOU tell
what man or n woman Is merely by the
finger nails?" asked the customer
Because they are such tclltalcs AZ
b)On rs / 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 "a far as YOU can, don't
You?
90 III afraid you are right.
There now, knew il. All OF my Gus.
TONERS who have such tastes have nails
that grow into the flesh They quarrel
about il ana beg me for something To stop
This tendency, but can't stop tho work
OF nature. OF course its ugly and often
causes pain 10 have the nail imhed itself
In the uesh, but If one is fond Of self in.
dulgcnce one must pay the penalty, even
TO the finger nails
The other day little woman came in
here with pale nails They were almost
lead cOlorcd She madc two or three pleas.
ant remark, and finally said:
wish my nails were pink like those
Of most girls.
But you can't have pink nails 50 long
rs you are SO melancholy, answered and
she blurtcd out
You never saw me before and don'e
know whether I'm melancholy or not
Oh yes, l do | said, because the
color of your nails tells me So I've sew
oral melancholy customers, but they don't
know that | know it. When a person is
subject To fits OF the blues or rather is in
constant state of depression, the nails
,ccm To turn lead colorcd from sympathy
u you would make up your mind to al.
ways be cheerful, your nail, would grow
pink after awhile
Then she told me how she had lost her
sweetheart just two week. before they
were To have been married and although
three years have elapsed she has never been
aOlc TO shake off the mclancholia
For awhile only the sound of the file
was heard, and then the customer said
" Do You know what YOU ,c been telling
me is very interesting; | wish You would
tell me more, for IN going To begin To
stuGy nails
Well, resumed the manicure. broad
nails indicate a gentle, timid and bashful
nature O; course rcoplc with broad nails
often overcome thcr tiWditv and have
perfectly easy manners, nut they arc in.
variably gentle. made IA customer very
angry once. She was ~ middle aged
woman, and il was the first time that she
had ever como 10 me. She said that
dear friend, Mrs Brown. who was ono of
my regular customers had recommended
her 10 come 10 me. As soon rs | began 10
work on her nails she began 10 quarrel
She quarrclcd with my Instruments and
my way OF using Thorn, and finally let in
on her dear friend Tor sending her TO me-
l worked away and said nothing, and
when | finished her nails looked really
beautiful She looked at them and then
az me and said:
you must think me very disagreed
blof'
oh, mol ! answered L know YOU
would quarrel about something when you
sat down, because your narrow nails told |
mo that you had "A quarrclsomc nature, |
and you are not only quarrclSomc, hut you
have an inordinate ambition. Pardon my |
frankness, but people with narrow nails |
like yours are always quarrclsome and |
ambitious.
she ilounccd out, hut She has como tc |
me once week ever since
"That very day stout man of athletic |
build came in. He fi>ed his piercing eyes |
upon me and seemed 90 he trying To read |
me, but | had the advantage, because |
could read him without CHANGING at his |
face After a time he began to question |
inc about my business and | plucked up |
courage To volunteer.
And you are - student, you are fond |
Of knowledge and are fun Of liberal sent-
ment'
He stared at le Us II ! were crazy and |
said nothing more, but when he went t.
leave he undid u parcel took out u book
and wrote upon the lly leaf For the little
manicure who read the authU@ AT first
sight-fron the author, aud presented It
to me- That author was one OF The most
popular belonging 10 the realistic school,
and guess lie thought ! was a witch. or
of course hc thought that nobody would
take him for - student with his inagnif
cent physique. He didn't know that his
round nails had indicated 10 me what his
chief characteristics were, and he has never
been back since Perhaps hc was afraid
of me, but anyway | prize that book he
gave me above anything else that / have
"Small nails indicate lit lcncs> Of mind,
obstinacy and cOnccit Watch out for the
person with small nails, especially if it
happens To be- u man, for he will bc capa-
BILE Of petty thoughts, speeches and actions
aud thinks more of himself than of any |