Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-22
SIGNS In THE THUMB.
WHAT THEY MEAN AND HOW YOU
MAY LEARN TO READ THEM.
n, value In Character Delinestion-There
la. Thumb Center" In the Brain-Gyp-
80 Fortune TeIlers Often Confine Their
Investigations to the Thumb.

Fortune Telers OIten Sohune Ineb
,nvestications to the Thumb.
The gypsies have always recognized
that the thumb Is the most important
factor in delineating special tendencies,
These nomadic people are the most III
tnitiye on earth, and the fact that in
their fortune telling they often contine
their representations to the thumb
,,fone is worth more than passing no.
tlce.
The fact that there is what is known
~ the "thumb center in the brain, rec
oruized by all surgeons, demonstrates
the immense Importance attached to 1t
nv medical science. If there is tend
encv toward paralysis, the physician
notes it in the thumbs long before the
malady shows itself i'll other directions.
An operation to avert the calamity, if
possible, is frequently performed ON the
thumb center of the brain, and the
thumb itself is watched for results favor
able or otherwise. 1t is matter of
record that the thumbs of idiots and
those mentally weak are understood,
characterless and usually cling closely
to the side of the hand. There have been
books written ON signs in the thumbs as
denoting criminal instincts, and detect
ives have been often moved to consider
seriously this phase Of the hand in max
ing their deductions i'll puzzling cases,
The position of the thumb with refer
ence to the rest of the hand makes either
for or against favorable tendencies. If it
is bound to the first finger at Il close
angle, lying nearly parallel, it indicates
weak and coWardly nature. People
with such thumbs are not open and
frank i'll character, preferring to creep
along in the shadow and profit by an
Others enterprise. Ii, i'll connection with
this position, it should be very small,
with yacillating almost invisible joints,
it indicates mental weakness. If, ON the
contrary, ii flies out at right angles or
even farther, 1t shows want of balance
in another direction. The person will
rush TO extremes and is Independent and
aggressive almost to foolhaTdincss. Such
people are disagreeable to associate with
IN amy enterprise, rs they always want
their own way and are not sdbservient
to authority. The well balanced thumb
lies at an agile of about 10 degrees from
the first finger. The joints of the thumb
also tell their story. The Timber jointed
thumb which turns back from the
hand is Il misfortune to its owner. He
Will never be rich by saving his earn
ings, and if fortune should be left
him it is likely TO be soon dissipated.
He is Il speudthrift by nature, not only
in money, but III thought. If he gets a
hobby, be rides it TO death, and his pol
icy in all the affairs of life will be, If
little is good, more is better. And if
he does not actually live out all his inn
pulses, he will always fret i'll the spirit
and grow robcllious III resisting has nat
ural tendencies The stable jointed
thumb is everything that is the opposite
to the first type. And, while the people
with these thumbs are not so compan-
ionable or so helpful to Others, they sue
coed by concentration and a certain
amount Of selfishness. They have the
dircctness Of purpose and the tenacity TO
carry to successful issue great enter
prisos. They are stubborn, material
stolid, resistlcss. The chimpanzee,
which has the hand most nearly resem.
bling the human, shows the greatest
weakness and want OF intelligence i'll its
uudorsi2cd short thumb. And in the
human race the long thumb may be
taken as indicating the more intellectual
nature. The shorter the thumbs the
mere brutal and passion governed the
nature.
The relative length Of the joints also
plays an important part. The first indi-
Gates the viii power; the second denotes
judgment reason and logic, and the
tluu, which controls the mount Of We
nus. indicates the affections and love Of
follow beings. In a well balanced ma
ture the first and second joints are about
OF equal length This indicates a whole
some adjustment between the judgment
and the will If, however, the first joint
is longer than the second, the will ex-
ta.ds the Judgment and the person is
AAe.y to be stubborn and often acts
without reason. When the second joint
--r ''lir'ib u ptiNpi pans bttlNl tIdil
ho executes. In this way he often gets
tle reputation of being visionary, and is
frequently full of schemes which he
.aeAs the viii to carry out The third
JOINT, or ham, " of the hand, when too
thick indicates ungoyernable passions
and am luCrdinate love Of the opposite
s'A. such person viii be hail fellow
".l mot, a boon companion, but is
likely TO neglect the intellectual de-
@1ds both Of bis home and his other
s.I To this abnormal indication may
Zee traced many matrimonial infelici-
N.~ When the second joint is thin and
'A- ln circumference as compared
WIZ. Che .~t, it Is said TO indicate great
,A. tAH cites III judgment, even to
%. l- z Of a hair Whether tho
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