The San Francisco call., 1899-02-05
PALMISTRY
Continued from Page Twenty-Five.

prejudices and be persuaded to take
some reliable work on palmistry and
study it for themselves, they would
without doubt come to the conclusion
that in the words of Hispanus 1T was
indeed a study worthy of the attention
OF an elevated and inquiring mind
1t has come to be an acknowledged
tact that the skilled palmist can pre-
dict with unerring certainty the future,
ana the famous pathologist, Professor
Charcot, has demonstrated by his in
vestigatfons into the higher functions
of the nervous system that certain
tracts Of cells in the brain enable a per-
ception of futurity, though the impress
sion is not definitely recorded by
memory.
You must remember that, by our
modern teaching, palmistry is divided
into two Observation-Disclosures and
chelromancy The former signifies the
outward shape of the. hand and of it's
members, the latter divination by the
ilnes, mounts and marks on the palm
Of the hand.
1 have no doubt that the public is
rapidly learning to accept these facts
with regard to palmistry. Even in my
own brief experience l have known
hundreds of cases Where one visit. or
even letter. has insured conviction
There are so many people who come
" me Will just the same commence as
theyWould to a doctor. The; distinctive
structure of the hand has been studied
by such scholars as Jean Bellot Gas
pard, Desbarroles, Lamartine, Victor
Hugo. Why, to come to our own coun-
try, it is well known fact that George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln were
firm believers in palmistry.
Another very important departure
of the new science is the value which
we attach to the readings of right and
left hands. In former days when palm
istry was little more than a supersti-
ton, 1t was generally supposed that the
left hand only should be read, because
it was nearest the heart. This ignorant
idea has long since been exploded; in
fact in my practice, 1 depend even
more on the indications given by the
right hand than by the left. The cor
rect principle to follow is the motto:
THE left is the hand we are born
with; the right is the hand we make. :"
The truth of this is obvious, because
we use the right hand so much more
than the left. Another proof is that
more clearly marked on the left hand,
so that in their case I should reverse
the rule.
Here is a practical illustration of the
manner in which we make our read
ings. Here are fac-simile reproduc-
tlonS of the hands or the most famous
men and women of the day Let US
examine some of them according to the
laws of palmistry. But first you must
understand something about the way
in which the lines of the hand are
classified. There are seven important
lines and seven lesser ones. The seven
important lines are:
The line of life, which embraces the
Mount of Venus.
The line of head, which crosses the
center of the hand.
The line of heart, which runs parallel
to that of the head, at the base of the
fingers.
The Girdle of Venus, found above the
line of heart and generally encircling
the Mounts Of Saturn and the Sun.
The line of health, which runs from
Mount Mercury down the hand.
The line of sun. which rises generally
on the plain of Mars and ascends the
hand to the Mount of the Sun.
The line of fate, which occupies the
center of the hand, from the wrist to
the Mount of Saturn.
Madame Neergaard. pupil of st. Germain
scientific palm reading. 1855 Twenty-first St.