Arizona republican., 1903-06-14
LOOK AT HE'S HANDS

If a girl or woman is about to enter matrimony she is, of course. anxious to know the traits and characteristics of the man she has chosen as her lord and master. These she naturally fiatters herself that she knows pretty well, from the association that has come to them in their courtship.
 But many small things may have slipped her notice. Good points and weaknesses may be there that have never come under her observation. Both the man and the woman are apt to be on their best behavior in the days before marriage. and such things as a nasty temper or sulkiness may not come out in the brief period that they are in each others society.
 But there is one point of the human anatomy that never deceives. As the hand is. so is the nature of the one 10 whom it belongs. Look there closely if you ale going to link your life with that of another.
 In choosing a husband, avoid man with long. narrow hands. This is the hand of a nervous, iussy man. It shows that he is vacillating.
 The fat hand with puffy fingers is not the one to slip the wedding ring upon fair finger. The owner of such a hand is apt to be lazy and selfish. Very white hands are indicative of an ego tistical. self-absorbed nature.
 If the man has very red hands. he is quick tempered. possessed of high spirits and a sanguine temperament He is delightful friend, but makes poor husband A hard, thick-skinned hand is often the property Of man who lacks intelligence. and who is slow and phlegmatic.
 If the hand or palm is very hollow the man will be unsuccessful in busi- ness. A network of lines on the palm | shows a worrying. sensitive nature. Signs of delicate health are blue. short. fat nails. with no moons. If the nails are curved over like a cats the man is cruel and brutal. Red, short. wide nails are signs of pugnacity and hot | temCer.
 Not only by the shape of the hand may character be foretold, but by the shape of the fingers also.
 1 Meaning we'll but seeing things in a different light from day to day. is the person whose fingers each take q diff ! ferent curve. Bow legged fingers, or those which touch only at the tip and base, show ability and strength of l character. The fingers which bend backward mean powerful determina- | tion. If they are round, strength, both physical and mental. is shown. Stubby fingers are grasping fingers. A finger broad at the tip denotes energy. Point ed fingers with smooth joints belong to an impulsive, fiokle and impatient man. A little finger with a decided promi- hence at the base upon the outside shows good judgment and good quail ties generally.
 After all, it is not necessary to closely scrutinize the hand which is | offered to you in marriage before breathing the final No" or Yes" A glance at a mans thumb should be suf- ficient. for "the thumb confssses the man" For all time it has been divided into three parts. typifying the three qualities that master the world-will logic and love.
 When the thumb is unequally devel- oped. and the first phalange is ex- tremely long, it is neither love nor logic that governs the man, but merely sheer will. If the middle phalanee be
 much longe. than the first, reason
 predominates. When the third pha-
 lange is long and the thumb is short
 man is revealed as the slave of the
 senses guided neither by will nor req l son