The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-02-14

all fortune teliers must have served an
apprenticeship as glove saleswomen
before going into the prophesying busi-
ness. 1t is generally conceded that tho
chief stock in trade of the professional
seer Is wide knowledge of human
nature, and surely there is no better
school for gaining that particular Kind
of education than the glove counter of
big store. l think | could give mp
my job here now and go out and coin
money by telling people what have
found ont about them with their hands
for textbook. I would not proceed
on the principles of palmistry. either.
The lines of the hand mean nothing
TO me. | would Judge character solely
by the way my patrons hold their
hands when having their gloves fitted.
Now, look at that woman down at
the lower end OF the counter. she
holds her hand out, palm upward as
still MS Il ramr0d, and no matter how
much the clerk may turn or twist
that unruiy member and caution IFS
owner TO loosen the tension q bit. il is
bound to straiehten out into Just that
position.
Il am glad that woman is not q cps-
| toner of mine. I'd be sure to have a
row with her before she gos away.
always have trouble with those stiff
handed women. They are very hard
to suit. Their wills are just as inGex.-
bic as their hands, and if / have trou-
bic in getting their gloves to set welt
the first time they put all the blame or
me. whereas their own stubbornness
lies at the root of the difficulty.
I'm contrast to this type is the limp
handed woman. Honestly, we meet
some hands that 1op around just l''-e
jelly fish. They seem to be entirely
destitute of bone or muscle. The palm
is thick and pear-shaped and soft as
putty. 1t gives me the horrors TO
touch that kind of a hand. l never
yet waited on one of those inert crea-
lures who did not wear soled collar
or neck ribbon and n frayed skirt bind
ing. If | had to choose between The
strenuous-handed woman and the
doughy palm I'd take the former every
time.
Then there are the customers of the
grab-all type. They plant their elbows
on the counter and spread their fingers
out at the very widest angle Natural,
ly, this digital performance is not at all
conducive TO case in fitting q pair OF
gloves or to neatness of appearance
once that feat is accomplished Ey-
perlence has taught me'to fight shy of
T. ~ III mil, 4 ..
as a neighbor. Their bump OF inquls.
itlveness is onormally developed and
the people across the nall will be in
luck If the broadhngered folk do not
borrow the very clothes Off their backs.
"There are other customers who per-
sist in doubling their fingers into reg
ular graphing hooks while undergoing
the fitting operation. 1 have my sus-
piclons about them, too. They are sure
to have equally crooked tempers. ami
they take special delight in raising
row ut meal time.
"Of course, | serve hundreds OF Gus
toners who have reduced the fitting
of gloves to fine art. They submit
to the Itecessary manipulations with
the utmost grace and put me to no in.
Nature has made them
a gift of glove-counter etiquette, along
with sincerity aid thoughtfulness and
Il lot of other admirable qualities. and
1t is no hardship to sell gloves to them
day in and day out. You see, what is |
born in the bone will come out In the
fingers, and If there is any place on |
earth where kinks in character are |,
bound TO come to the surface it is at |
the glove counter. New York Press.