The record-union., 1899-08-24
PALMIsrs SAY GLANDS UPw
But Even Your Closed Fist May
Tell Your Character.

AulnOilllSS Oh the art OF reaulHS
character in the lines of the hands de-
clare that it is not difficult to acquire
| a certain amount of skill in palmistry,
as intuition plays a smaller part in a
proper translation of the signs than it
does in most SO called fortune telling"
| Nearly every one knows the division
of the hand as named by cheirosophists.
! Beneath the first finger, which is named
| for Jupiter, is the mount of Jupiter.
When prominent it indicates ambition,
| love of nature, self-confidence, gal
lantry, and, as less worthy traits, a
fondness for fiattery, for gayety and
for display A pointed tip to the finger
shows leaning to religion and dogma,
and if the length of the finger is equal
to that of the middle finger ambition
will be the ruling power in the charac-
| ter
! The second or middle finger bears the
! name OF Saturn, and the mount of Sa-
| turn, II prominent in connection With
| the amount of Jupiter, shows that sue
cess Will accompany the efforts of am
| bluon. Ii this finger is unusually long
a melancholy disposition is indicated,
| though the shape of it's tip may miti-
| gate that evil. If the tip is square the
person will be of grave character and
if the first phalanx of that finger is the
longest sadness and superstition may be
| found in addition to wish for fame.
| If the finger is shorter than the
| first, talent is found in the owner, but
coupled with mercenary inclinations. A
spatulated tip shows an ability to
achieve advancement in art, and great
| 1nf 1crfh in f1oo
tistic fervor, in the second artistic in
dustry, in the third artistic talent which
is esteemed only in a material way.
MercusY names the little finger, and
| below its mount is found the mount of
| Mars. When the mount of Mercury and
that of Jupiter are found of equal
| rrominence a philosophic mind will be
| found, and talent to succeed in any
undertaking may be looked for. Length
| in this finger shows love of learning
and eloquence, a short finger shows
perception and quick reasoning. Ac-
companied by a pointed tip intuition
and cunning may be expected, while a
square tip gives reason, logic, gravity.
| A predominance of the second phalanX
of this finger shows love of agricult-
ure and the sciences, while the third
phalanx indicates avarice and cunning.
To the third finger belongs the domi-
nance of Apollo, the mount at the base
being that of Apollo. When this mount
is next in size to that of Jupiter it
shows the person to be able to attain
fortune. A length of this finger equal
to that of the first indicates an artistic
temperament and a good judgment.
The fingers play an important part in
corroborating or contradicting the lines
Of the palm. Besides the usual lines
the innumerable creases, circles, crosses
and branches have to be studied and
we'll understood before the reading OF
character from them can be depended
on. To the enthusiast, tracing in the
hand those lines which disposition is
held to have written there is as fasci-
mating as reading upon the counte-
nance the expression given the face by
the emotions called forth through life.
1t is claimed that the palm reader has
one advantage, as the muscles do not
permit the hand to conceal truth as the
facial muscles may, and there is no
check to the continued entries made
upon the open page
Men have been known to say they
We're glad that the palms of their
hands turned inward and were less ex-
posed to the gaze of the world than
are their faces. But the backs of the
hands and the finger tips are easily
seen, and, the palmists say, bear in
delfble indication, to those who under
stand, of the character of their owner.
New York Tribune