Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-11
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vious deposit of halt the price. A list Of his
asppo pm ZOE q day was conspicuous
Tor the number af aames of Diplomats and
waited my tusp. The wife of one OF the
caDlnet oHic1ais sent messenger inviting
Cheiro to her hoassisthat evening. But all
a means Of inflpshe{ae human nature with
enxironment-mssteiy. e " ~
toned 'nat sasbin1 MI eaT.ns
fore photograph, of man who sug-
gested rather than; resembled Oscar Wilde
"a. Not Mr; Cheiro.," replied the secretary;
suppose he was not from Cheiro?" I
ventured. What was his original name?'
| AM; replied the manager, with a smile
ton of a high-caste fakir, "Cheiro's name
| in the world
is this mystery or mysticism"
explained that it was mystery, ard told me
the story of Cheiros life.
| Il Following His Destiny.
he was born in England, and has entered
oxford to study for the church. When lie
was child an old nurse had interested his
young mind in the subject of palmistry.
which he surreptfously continued to study
along with theology while in Oxford. At
the age of eighteen his father died. and
e q .I,3 seized the opportunity thus offered
10 follow the destiny which his little fin
ger ana the line Of ocultism written on his
| PAIN indicated. He ran away from home
ana went to India, where he remained
| studying palm.stry with Brahmanistic
| seers who eventually bound him by a vow,
as have said, to go redeem fallen chris
tendom. Meanwhile. during his residence in
tnola, oy the death Of certain members Of
ms FAMILY, he came into possession of
fortune and title, both of which, for rea-
sons OF his own. he declines to bother with.
put "nen the time does arrive in the mark
ings CT his destiny for him to disclose his
| identity and possess his inherited great
ness, there will be surprise over the length
ana breadth Of the earth-so saith the
| manager.
Chelro began his missionary work in
LONDON by opening place on Bond street,
anu by virtue Of an old law prevailing in
Great britain CHASING palmstry with
Mitchcra1t and making 1t a penal offense.
Cheiro was Immediately pounced upon bv
| the originals Of Sherlock Holmes, and suf-
Iereo various prosecutions highly unpleas-
anu a.. put not altogether Improbable, as
advertising goes. In the course of time,
| however, ne was rescued by the royal fam
| ny from the clutches of the unenlightened
raw, ana after one evening submitting to
| severe test imposed by aristocratic and
| learned men. Sir George Lewis, a famous
| London lawyer. espoused the cause of
| Cnelro. with the result that an act of
| permanent. or something of the sort, gives
Chalro exclusive right to practice palmis-
try in the British empire legally, it having
| been decided by competent judges that his
paiinlstry Is not superstition, but a science.
| In the Mystical Presence.
when l was ushered into Cheiro's pres
| ence found young man Che is twenty
| eight years old whose manner was to me
| lmpersonal' 1mpassive and soulless to an
! irritating degree. If he We're so absolutely
nothing as his manner implied, it was
ridiculous contradiction for him to seem to
De at al, and when he was good-Weu
| when he turned up the whites of his ewes
TO heaven and told me himself that he is
| practlcing palmstry as a missionary, there
| was just one word in the American Ian
suase that seemed proper to the occasion
| rats
He smiles infrequently, and with a pain
| full effort that dsturbs only his upper lin.
| The rest Of his face is Nirvanic in the
depth and perpetuity of it's calm. 1t is an
elegant face for poker. With nothing but
pair OF deuces behind his bluff he would be
| as incomprehensible and certain to win as
| with three aces m his hand and one up his
sleeve. He is a great man, but his mag
hetlsm Is all negative and concealed.
On What Pnlmistry is Founded.
Before 1 spreadi on my psasds to learn
my past, present and future. and whether
! the brunette lady whom 1 hate will absorb
the affections of the blonde gentleman
whom l adore, 1 asked Cheiro to explain
to me what foundation in fact palmistry
| has.
| Ihe fact OF the phenomena with which
| the science deals said he s'is established
In that more. nerves proceed from the brain
| to the hands than to any other member of
the body. sMoreover, rece1fy physiological
inquiry has shown that there Is in the brain
an advance growth determining the thought
and character Of the individual at birth
| This Is registered in the lines and forma-
| ton of the left hand, while the right hand
| is marked by the developments of the
brain which are the notifications of char
| acter and destiny secured by combined
| operation Of the will of an Individual and
his environment. Superficial Judgment
| urges that the lines on the palm are made
by the constant folding of the hand. If
this were true, however, you would find
| the hand of the seamstress more lined than
that of the woman of leisure which ex-
per1ence proves is not the case but that
parallel tendencies in human nature Gre
ate corresponding lines in the hand with
| out reference 10 occupation or the use to
which the hand is put. Furthermore, that
! these lines are inscribed by the nerves is
again shown in the case of paralysis of the
arm and hand, when all lines disappear
| from the palm. Historically, the science
Is older than sstrology. 1t is taught in
that many of the old Greek philosophers
were careful students of the science one
recommending it to Alexander the Great
as study worthy the serious attention of
learned and refined mind"
But what practical purpose does 1t
server" I asked.
The Weakncss of the Science.
This, that knowing the tendencies which
will shape life, education may be directed
to overcoming the evil and prudence
| forewarned, may be able to avert disas-
ter
This is such plausible statement of the
benefits palmistry and kindred studies con-
fer upon mankind that want to point ont
right here wherein it's weakness is.
Give a person knowledge of the tendencies
of his nature that portend ruin the ruin
| Is not thus avoided, unless you can at the
same time give him something that will
fortify his will to resist, and this palmistry,
nor kindred science, does not do. 1t spreads
before his vision panorama of himself
and plain two and two make four de-
fines that here and here preceding causes
sum up certain doom, but leaves the ouak-
ing egotist with no hint of any power out
side itself to which his deficient will may
apply for assistance. knowledge of this
all-important factor of regeneration Chei-
ro's missionary scheme fails utterly to ex-
tend. He teaches aHdoctrine of fatalism,
| decked with palltatipg phrases of redemp-
ton that drop off sos,many worthless rags
If you try to hangIAny sort of hope on
them. - ~
m +, 0nI Eofoulau,