The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-05
CHAPTER ~.

The il-directed efforts of the ignorant
and the search Of supersttious people
for the marvellous have ,misIed so MANY
students of palmistry. that in each of
these lessons I wish to urge afresh the
senuineness or the science Of true palm
lstry, and its value to the earnest st,,
dent. "'u-
Upon each one of my pupils as T count
every one of you who are FOLLOWING tbeso
lessons, and in whom 1 feel a personaI
interest. 1 want to impress the need of
combining the practice and the theory of
Ine STUDY OF palpiStry. 1t Is of the great
est Importance to examine AZ mann,
Hanos as you can of varying types as
Wen as to read upon the subject In
| all the hundreds of hands that I have
examined L have never found two alike
| In all respects.
| The preceding three Lessons baro 90.
| ered ch1rognomy, or the shane Of the
hand. and we are now ready To enter
ur0n the study of 'chiromancy." that
Dranch of paln1istry which reveals tha
past events, present conditions and the
circumstances controlling their future
all revealed by the principal mounts Of
the hand. the formation of the palm
and the lines and marks traced thereon
The size, temperature and tyne of the
the character of the. subject. are nodi
ned or emphasized by the length of tine
myers. individually and collectively
ana strengthened or weakened by the size
Of the thumb
In the palm we find the evidence of the
I talents and the profession or busIness
Tor which the subject 6he person whose
hands are under examination Is hest
m'teo' also the OBSTACLES that may be in
the way OF success, or the cause of fail
ure. Through the study yof paImistrv If
Is possible to correctly gauge the length
OF lie within year or two foreteu ac
cldents which may thus be avoided. fore
see predisposition to disease. the ia te
Oh marriage, and note faults to over
come. 49,. n
do not in studying palmistry become
discouraged over seeming failures. they
are but stepping stones to success. You
must De prepared to find seeming incon
sistencies; they will be Incentive to fur
ther study which will soon make them
clear. Seek the cause always of ap-
parent Inconsistencies. It will he found
usually on the life line or line of Saturn
According to d'Arpentigny, the hand as
sumes its permanent form at the age or
fourteen, but L have found that the fe
male hand natures earlier than the
male hand, and the hands Of girls whom
l nave seen grow up to maturity often
nave not changed an iota, while their
lives have proved the absolute truth. OF
the story their hands told as little girls
In the study of chiromancy. take the
MAXIM. Know myself" as carved on
ne Tempe OF lonta,"- for a precept
On your own hands carefully locate the
mounts and their relation to each other
When you find that one of the mounts
seems higher or fuller than the Others.
tnat mount dominates your general char
actere Then look for the next highest
mount, that, with the highest mount
makes the "combinatiofl'' which will he
referred to in the following descriptions
of the mounts think it best to refer
once again to the PALM as on ii are
found the indications Of the physical ma
ture and Of the intensity of the intel
lectual aptitudes. A palm too thin and
narrow in proportion to- the body indi-
Gates feebleness, a lack of warmth and
strength. physically and mentally If of
medium thickness, supple and firm. the
subject will enjoy all the pleasure that
life can give, and the senses will keep
pace with the imagination.
A very thick, soft. habby palm denotes
that sensuality and seltishness are the
dominating character.
Remember, these conditions may be
ulOulleO or lnCenSlHeQ -Dy the indications
found in the mounts or palm.
Now for the study of the mounts Chap
ter 3 and map OF the hand show their
position. If there Is: an entire absence
of any mount, it shows that the char
acteristics of that mount is absent If
there are no mounts apparent in both
hands, the life of the subject is purely a
negative one, often due to environment
and want of opportunitysto develop the
attributes of the mounts. Observe all
the mounts and determine which predom-
mates.
The mount Of Jupiter:t If this mount
predomnates it denotes a general, genu-
inc religious trend, ambition for honor
and respect fondness for gayety, love of
nature and love of display; these sub
jects talk well, are self-cOnfident, very
ceremonious, gallant and extravagantly
fond of hattery; they are usually of fine
physique, and MARRY early in life. If
the finger Of Jupiter is very long. /. e.. as
long as the middle finger, ambition wit
rule In life. and If the tip of the finger is