Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-14
ly, unless favored by fortune, he is
usually in trouble

usually in trouble.
Wherever an easily aroused and
violent temper exists, it is accom-
| panied by thumb turning agrees
sively backward. This formation in
| dicates extravaganza also-an utter in
| ability to retain that which may be
| acquired. Conservative, prudent, and
| inclined to avarice is he whose thumb
| Is held inward-toward the palm OF the
| hand. To this class belong those who
| neither forgive Nor forget. Wherever
| the second phalanx curves In on each
| side, giving the appearance OF
| waist" diplomacy, ease of manner.
and tact-qualities sometimes leading
| to deceit--will be found. Brutality, a
| nature belonging to the lower order of
| humanity, is indicated by club
| shaped outer phalanx. The large
| thumb is the thumb of ideas, of self
reliance, of action: it is the thumb of
a leader. The small thumb belongs to
| the dreamer: it is the thumb of him
who is led
| The tale of trouble is told by the
swollen veins and corded, knotted ap-
pearance of the hands. If your ac-
lsuuaintance with him be such as to
warrant the liberty. you may with
/ safety assure the person whose habit
| it is to hold his hands tightly clenched
| that he has a secret that engrosses
much thought. When the space be-
| tween the fingers is abnormally wide,
| the person is generous almost to a
| fault. He is incapable of secrecy-a
weakness that while he may be aware
! of it's existence. seems utterly beyond
control. To him, system is unknown
| and concentration is a hardship.
While a hand, generally, may pre-
| sent certain indications that cannot be
classified under any particular type.
| the fingers will have phalanges bearing
nails OF such form as to admit of their
| classification under the head of
| spatulated. square. conical, or pointed.
| Among the younger generation, the
| purely spatulate type is seldom en-
countered. 1t resembles in form the
| spatula used by the apothecary, the
| tip being slightly wider than the other
| portion Of the finger. The possessors
of spatulate fingers have large and
well-shared thumbs. They have con-
| fidence in their ability to overcome
| obstacles and obtain desired results,
!, but are frequently afflicted with BASH
| fulness arising from a morbid self
| consciousness, which is not, in their
case, conceit They are fond of out
| door sports and of music well executed.
| In religion. they are seldom orthodox.
having views peculiarly their own, and
with these views the courage of their
convictions" They are energetic and
systematic, pleased with nothing that
does not reach high degree of excel
| lence. For them success will be found
i IN, fha or ctof
| dynamics. navigation, military and
naval architecture.
Persons the tips of whose fingers ave
| square while possessing many charae.
| teristics in common with those in
| whom the sratulate type predoriinates,
are mere polite and not so prone to
speak the "unvarnished truth" Hav-
| ing much respect for public opinion,
they are conventional in the extreme.
Their views are just. but not liberal.
| They possess great commercial talent
and excel in moral, philosophic and
social sciences. grammar language,
logic and geometry and in exact lit
erature. The fingers of Aristotle were
square.
Comic fingers belong to those who,
while not fanatics, are enthusiasts.
Their possessors are worshippers of
beauty, indeed, so strong is this in
stinct within them that constant as
ISOLATION with ugliness, whether in per-
sons or things, will frequently reduce
them to a state of nervous irritability.
This type of finger is found among
sulptors. artists, monumental archi-
tects and poets of the imagination and
senses.
Pointed fingers are the fingers OF
idealism. Among the matter-o fact.
people of America and England this
formation of the finger tip is COM
naratively rare, but in southern Asia
it is found in large majority. Sculp-
tors and artists have united in giving
pointed fingers to those works of art
which represented the highest degree
of human perfection. These fingers
belong to the dreamer, the poet, the
composer: and among their possess
sors will be found some of the most
unhappy people in the world. BY the
shape and formation of the nails, GER
tain characteristics are indicated and
by their quality the state of health is
told. Large. hard and pink. they are
the signs of a sanguine temperament,
strength and energy; pale and very
brittle. they tell of debility and weak
lungs. and when extremely thin and
'fluted" there is. danger of ,copsunlp-
ton. With nails long, thin and, curved. 5
the possessor will be, a., cruel besides
having a nature that morally, leaYes
much to be desired. In general, long
nails usually indicate physical weak
ness. short ones self possession and
quickness of intellect. 1t has been
said that If a woman have long and
very white nails she is treacherous. In
ascertaining the length, only the por-
ton of the nail from it's beginning to
the tip Of the finger should be con-
sidered as beyond that the length Is
regulated by individual taste. The nail
of refinement. good temperament and
correct taste is of normal length,
transparent slightly pink, and has a
natural polish.-Mind.
A day on the planet Eros is five and
half hours.