Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-12-03
TOLD Bl THE NAILS.
SIGNS 81 WHICH 4 MANICURE IS ABLE
TO READ CHARACTER.
Finger Nails That Indicate Love of Luxury
aud others That Toll Of Melancholy,
Study Nails, anu You win Learn Whom
10 Trust and Whum To shun.

Dear Inc. bat yuu are luxurious In
your ta~t,sr said pretty liitlg manicure
who docs a tlriyir .l..inr.. i'm caring TO,
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ana. lf'y, Dc" do you know that |
am luNW.uus - n.y tastes. Tie customer
ASKED I'M establishment and at tl.e same
lime Vi,hfuach interest
"Oh, c3 j'll D., sour nail, You hear
/ people cou-lauly talking OF character be-
ing shown i'm tic bands tcct eyes or
mouth but ro one hu' manicure with
4 years Of oEpCrcnc. knows how people can
bee read by tLeir ituvcr nails I've been IL
/ tll'> business iiV, .r-. Many of my Gus
I tuuC.- arc ilen, ald I've got those tina"
como TO mo regularly down Pretty fine
and yet I've ucNor exchanged do2eb
words with most az tlCW Judge every
BODY the FIRST tiulrt.a3t ] fix H." r1llS, HnO
Il ism often t'at ! make "a wrong e~.'
mate ol pt rscn character
But how IN the world can you tel
what man or woman u merely by the
hnpcr uaIlet asked t.iC customer
Because they axe such tcltllcs. As
BON as tools your HAND in mime and saw
how yo-- 1ai9 grow into the flesh az the
points GCt sides ] know Instantly that all
your tastes are luNUrluus, and you indulge
Yourself too just as far a. YOU can, don
gout
i I'm AFRAID YOU are rlght.
There HOW, ! knew IT, vi Of my Gus
,omcr- who hive such tastes have nails
that grow into She HrSh They QUarro!
about il and beg nae for something 90 stop
tins tendency. hui ! can stop the WORK
Of nature Oh cull~. 81 ugly ana often
causes pain 10 have Che p9ll iW3Dd ltscn
IN the flesh, but ii one D. Iood OF self in
dul9cnce one must pay She penalty, even
70 the finger nails.
Jhr other Gay niue woman came IN
Aerc with pale nails They were almost
lead coiorcd. ShcHad' two or three pleas
ant rginIfE- and finally said.
wish my nails were pink. IKE those
u most girls
but you can have pink nails 80 long
a. you are so me lduchOly answered and
the blurted ont
ON never ,aW me before and don't
know whether m mechanically or not!
Oh, Yes, ! DO, / said, because the
color " your nails tells me So vc sew
eral melancholy customers but they dont
know that / know II. When person i,
subject 10 Its of the blues. or rather Is in
constant state OF depression, the naIs
-ctm TO turn lead colored from >ympGthy
81 you would inrSe up your mind To al
ways b cheerful, your nails would grow
pink after awhile.
Then she told me how she had lost her
sweetheart just two weeks before they
wero TO hHvc been married, and although
thee years have elapsed she la, mover been
able % shake off the melancholia. -
For awhile only the sound of the file
was heard, and then the customer said:
DO you know what you te been telling
mo IL very intcrcstingy wish you would
ell me more, for I'm going To begin to
study nails.
well, resumed the manicure, broad
nails indicate gentle, timid and haShful
nature. OF course people with broad nails
often overcome their timidity and have
perfectly easy manners, but they are in
yariably gentle. ! made "A customer very
angry once She was IA middle aged
woman, ard it was the first time that she