The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29
WHAT WOMEN TALK AND THINK ABOUT
AN IMPORTANT PIANIST
Nine. Thebes Warned Marquis do Mores
Of His Impending Death and Tried
to DIssuade Him From His
ExpeditIon.

Expedition.
There is the same distinction to be drawn
between palmistry and fortune telling as
there Is between astronomy and astrology, or
she now wants to prove in America, after hav-
Ing made known her theories In Europe he
coming winter Nine. &c Thebes purposes go
ing to New York to deliver series of lee
her art, and her ideas are interesting enough
to merit more serious attention than is gen
er Me ssen h to Of the
and long experiente have convinced her that
certain forms and lines in the hand CORES
pond with certain traits of character, which
traa.s Rrbealspose 70 setsaln successes or Iail
thus be broadly mapped out, but would only
be inevitable ii one allowed them to bs 80
Palmestry so interpreted would consequently
Of character reading, and in this way Nine
de Thebes believes that it can become a
really useful science.
mot only profession, but a science" cor
reefs Nine. de Thebes. when asked II this
statement be correct. And indeed, my
whole course has been suiCed by an anec-
was beginning, and the moral of which was
to leave intuition aside and proceed only on
positive knowledge. With everything writ
ten plainly out in the hand in signs which we
can read as clearly as we read print or hard
writing, guesswork does far more harm than
good. One day Dumas had taken q young
woman to have her hand read by Desbarolles,
who, from her appearances ans: from this fact
that she was with Dumas. jumped to the
conclusion that she must be an actress. Altho
the lines of her hand gave this impression tho
je, Desbarolles followed his own train of
thought, and talked to her eboIt her profess
sion. It turned out that size was the daugh-
ter of very prominent society people, and lad
tho stage, and she could never have donesso,
because she was utterly lacking in talent
Desbarolles had committed this gigantic
to be misled by what he considered intuition.
But the trouble is that it is difficult to dis
tingnish between intuition and Imagination.
l, therefore, make it my rule never to allow
my sensations to lead me into saying, anything
which l do not SEQ written before ne in the
hand. By reading the hand I sometimes
make statements which seem in direct con-
traGiction with the general appearance; but
have found that was right
And you claim that, by reading These
s sig, eorrfefy events can Re not only seen
Eyes; it may seem absurd at first, but 1t
has been frequently demonstrated. For IN
the signs Of nea as hess ase the easiest
to avoid. In this light palmistry may be said
to contain proof against fatalism, since the
lines Of the hand alter, not by accident, but
ence. Danger foreseen is half averted; if you
see that your life line is weak you have but
to husband your strength and live, whereas,
coming thru cur mind force, often belle the
original prophecy OF the hand, thus showing
that we are masters of our destiny. Some
ape c M 1 fy hr
the human machine. II TIE life line, that
passing around the palm at the base of the
thumb, Is cut in two distinct sections, it
Well, l have seen men live thru strong desire:
of life and extreme care, and in every such
case tiny lines will be found to have formed in
the hand Joining the formerly distinct sec
lions of the Hfo line. In other instances
where this attention was not paid, death has
resulted.
feet, but it is possible to avoid them #
one is threatened with death in an automobile
accident, it is easy enough to forego this
essary risks. If one is to be endangered by
shipwreck at certain age, one has only
to avoid the sea. Where the risks are run,
the consequences are inevitable In 1895,
African. exploring expedition, read in the
hand of the Marquis de- Mores the horrible
death that awaited Kim. DR.. Tripier and a
present. The marquts, laughing as I gave
the details of a violent and terrible death on
journey to which he exposed himself Of his
that I am just now planning an expedition
eret for the present Do not p go I erisd
your skill, but in spite of all you say will
60 But promise e be cautious H went,
and his end has become matter of history"
mgn DO p o as
he ascribed to fate objected Nine. de
Thebes. Moreover, here is an instance OF
horrible death avoided thru forewarning.
You are In danger of Heath from fire, and
should be careful. When you go to the thea
ter always take seats near an exit. and espe-
buildings, where fire could easily spread.
Not long after she was chosen to preside at
q booth at the Bazaar de Charlie. She visited
the building, saw it's frail construction, re-
called my warning and refused to go. Her
parents laughed at her notions and insisted
on her going. On the fatal night she dressed
and got as far as the door of the house,
when she burst into tears and ran back to
her room, saying, shall .be burned to death
il 60. and no remonstrances could move
her. The girl who went and took her place
at the booth was burned to death with SO
many others"
Then palmestry would, according to your
| application Of it, have great usefulness in
| this respect?'
Certainly, but there is another field in
which it could be still more useful, and
where 1t Is so, among those who know how
| to profit by it. It may help us to know our
selves, for one cannot make mistake in
| life after carefully studying the connections
| lines of the hand There Is no means SO
| sure for choosing a career for child. For
instance, II his fingers are square at the ends,
l IL Acdu6 1ludL guo lB "0CuOUlCal, lQCSlllS0QL,
moderate in his taste and suited for applied
knowledge, but has dist aste for transcend
ent merit and superiority Of spirit, and can
best succeed in some gigantic line. If his
| fingers have pointed tips, he will be an art
list; his imagination may amount to genius
| but even If 1t does not he will always be
creature Of impulse and not Of logic Il
he has spatulated fingers, teach him a trade
he cannot succeed at anything else; he will
be energetic and thoro and sure Of himself
but will absolutely lack ideas Of art or
elegance. II his fingers have conical tips he
has the sense Of beauty and poetry and irnagi-
nation, with great independence Of spirit; he
may choose his own calling, being equal tt
anything save mathematics If the Saturniar
! line, that starting from the base of the hand
and cutting across the palm perpendicularly
Is well marked, have no anxiety for him
whatever the shape of his fingers he will
be able to manage his life. Aid him to com.
| bat his faults as they reveal themselves, but
! never require of him what he cannot give
| If he lacks natural arms, supply him, bu,
1 II he has some already, 1t is wiser to teach
him to use them rather than to attempt
| to increase his arsenal
I The weight of growing child is the mos
important index Of its general health. The
| standard of weight for growing children, thai
usually given by authorities in the matter II
z 49, I'll =.