Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-01-08
FOUND IN THE PALM
SOME OF ITS TRUTHS AND HOW
TO FIND THEM.

mere are ali bOTI5 Oh pdlmlSIS, the
same as of doctors, and the art is cap
able OF just as much quackery. Too
many professional" palmists mix a
little truth with good deal of specu-
lation, to please their patrons and get
trade. For the ordinary person al
ways does want to know a little
more, and the person who will give
IL TO them is always bit more attrac-
tive tfor the time. being). But palm
lstry Is real thing, there's no doubt
about that, and the more 1t is studied
ana its conclusions verified, the more
true and wonderful it proves itself to
be.
And it is an art that any one can
easily learn. Many a woman in our
cities who hasn't the usual talents to
help please a company, has been asked
to read hands" at church and other
entertainments. / know one such
woman who is in constant demand
in her own city and neighboring places
yet she has never advertised herself in
any way and is very modest concern
ing the remarkable ability so many
others have attributed to her I must
say that | was a skeptic myself until
personal contact disclosed woman
who really did remarkable things
who read the lines just as they were
written, and yet was constantly aston
ished TO learn that they had expressed
the truth. No inducement can make
her generaliZe or go beyond the
lines" Quite successful New York
clairvoyant and palmist said to her,
after a short consultation, Madam,
you would never succeed In New York,
you are too honest. There Is no need
to be quite so honest, and besides, IL
you said a little more, IL would please
better and not be much out OF the
way" But our palmist looks with
awe on the wonderful lines, and with
childlike simplicity feels that she is
accountable to God for being as hon.
est and accurate as possible; feels
that the more she strives for her ideal,
the closer she will be to God, and the
more she will act and speak as he
wishes her to do. Churches of every
denomination, associations of clubs
and the like. to say nothing of private
individuals, from a New York million
are and prominent business man down
down to the humber classes Gas far
as material prosperity goes) have all
been her patrons.
The left hand lines show character
istics with which you were born.
Those on the right hand are your
individuality lines, and also show
whether you have made better or
worse inherited qualities. The hand
lines will almost always vary more or
less on every hand. The vital line or
the line of life, is long and encircles
the mount of Venus, which gives long
life. free from illness; If the line of
health crossed 1t prominently, 1t would
mean probable death at the age indi-
Gated by the crossing. Age is counted
on the line of life. Many little lines
crossing the life line denote many ILL
nesses or troubles. Other things are
denoted when separate lines rise or
fall from it. 1t is a sign of very
strong constitution to be without the
health line, but few are. 1t should
start from the bracelet or from the
line of life and go on toward the mount
of Mercury. If it joins the line of
head. il shows tendency to brain at
tack from overwork or over-excite-
ment. A cross on the line shows an
illness. the date of which must be
looked for on the line of life. The
longer the line of heart the more ideal
the love. Branches rising and falling
from the line of heart show the in
fluence of other people on the affec-
tions, and as these branches are
crossed or otherwise, so is the love
successful and returned. or disappoint
ed and unhappy. When branch cuts
through the heart line and descends
beneath it, it is a sign of disappoint
ment. No branches mean a loveless
life, as far as the opposite sex is con-
oil nd the -
line always show troubles, physical
or mental. A hand without any heart
line shows hard-heartedness and cruel
ty. When the line of head is sepa-
rated from the line of life, it means
self confidence and rash impulsive-
ness. When the lines are joined as far
as the middle, great timidity. When
the head line is long and sloping, ii
means Imagination, artistic feeling,
poetry and but little judgment. If
curved in excess. ii will bring folly and
delusion. If straight it means com.
mon sense, care and economy. If the
line advances only to the middle, it
means want of spirit and balance.
The line of fate shows worldly success
or failure and the general course of
the life. If the fate line rises from the
line of life it is good and common. If
from the middle of the hand, life of
trouble. but of hope and energy.
From the bracelet to the mount of
Saturn, great success. OF course,
there is a great deal more TO say
about these lines and many others
not pictured and their influences over
one another. Stars, squares, triangles
and circles also have their meanings.
The leaning of the fingers toward one
another and their form also have very
decided meanings in regard to char
acter and characteristics.
One fact should be emphasized in
connection with palmistry. The
marks that portend serious results
mean that those results will very
probably take place unless the mode
of life as hitherto been practiced is
completely changed. And whether
the lack of health is due to brain,
heart or other organ is expressed by
the lines A correct reading of the
aand-lines, therefore, need in no case
cause depression, or hopelessness, but,
on the contrary, an ambition to profit
py the warnings expressed, and thus
cover up" the undesirable lines
[. b. in Farm and Home.