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ceives them they do not forget and often seek
revenge, In affairs of the heart they are not de-
monstrative but staunch and true. In money
matters they are economical and practical, and
ually get full value for their money, and general
ly ask the price of thing beforehand.
A thumb firm but slightly supple or curved in
the first joint would be happy medium between
the two previously mentioned thumbs. They are
not extravagant, nor stingy, but feel that money
is made for the happiness and comfort it brings,
They are yielding to a certain point beyond that,
firm and set They stay up ladder as long as
possible, but will not be imposed upon.
A thumb that is "clubbed" (See Figure g. has
often been found to indicate an ungovernable
temper, lack of reason in action, unrestrained
passion aroused by the slightest cause. This is
particularly true when the hand is bad otherwise,
vet have seen and examined many cases lin
both sexes,) where the disposition seemed more
than agreeable, even angelic. Its sign, however,
that the owners have no control over their pas
sions. and at times violent and uncomfortable
temper is shown So this feature evidently lies
dormant in many cases, and may never have
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She will think that in those days she was very
young and foolish; she will remember how she
set certain young fellow high upon pedestal
and how miserable life was when the pedestal
fell and the image shattered into bits.
She may even laugh a little at her credulity in
thinking any man perfect but at the same time
she will sigh, for she will know that at eighteen
when she first fell in love, she was sweeter and
more charming than she is now
Her more matured, womanly charm may make
her very dear to the man who is to be her hus
band, but, nevertheless, she will wish that he
could have been the first, that she could have
come to him with no old memories and no bun
dies of old love letters hidden away in the bot
tom of trunk
She will regret the self that is no more and
the inability to enter into her engagement as
into a new and untried world.
She will regret the time that is past and not
the man who played the chief part.
She will remember her first love affair with
tenderness and swelling at the heart, but her
emotion will be for the sweet air of mystery
that hung it, for herself as she then was,
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an iron will. The owner would make up his
mind quickly and act with dispatch and precision.
The head rules the heart.
Very Long-A thumb that is very long would
cause its owner to exclude all sentiment and feel
ing for that of reason. He would be stern and
unapproachable and hardly listen to stranger,
and naturally terrify one. Such thumb makes
its owner obstinate and his actions deliberate and
positive; no sympathy.
Short-A thumb that is short means change
and weakness of will, its owner acts more from
the heart and feelings than reason, is undecided,
yielding, wanting self-c9nfdence. The shorter
the thumb the less the will power.
Very Short-The owner of such thumb would
have a mind that is constantly changing, in fact
swayed by every impulse, thus running from the
acme of enthusiasm to the lowest degree of de-
spondency. Such individual could hardly be
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1t is needless to state the reason the thumb
s so prominent in chirosophy. Its importance has
been recognized for centuries as indicating the
strong or the weak, the good or the bad in man.
Only recently in certain portion of the State
of New York it has become law to take an m
press Of the thumbs of criminals so record
may be kept of these evil-doers During my stay
in Baltimore l found that the superintendent of
police of that city had made deep and consci
entious study of the thumbs of lawbreakers It
has been discovered and proven as true that the
rays in the cuticle of the thumb never change
from infancy to old age, it goes without saying
that there are no two thumbs in the world alike
either as to shape or rays in the cuticle.
The "biting of the thumb" the picking of the
thumb" are outward signs of inward peculiar
ties. When the thumb folds underneath the fin
gers in nvalids it is recognized sign of an early
death, or at least syncope is at hand.
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will power and strength of mind.
In judging thumb the reader must first ex-
anime the length between the first and second
phalanx, whether it sets high or low from the
hand (See figures 1 and p; whether the first
phalange is longer than the second, or the second
longer than the first; whether it is supple or
stiff
1t is a recognized fact that children who are
weak-minded or idiots from birth are invariably
born with small and insignificant thumbs, there
fore it goes without saying that the longer and
better proportional the thumb, the more the in
tellectual faculties rule, and vice versa Again l
must mention the fact that the student of palm
istry should never neglect the consistency of the
skin, whether hard or soft, on the palm side.
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trusted to carry out his promises. His inten-
tions may be sincere but he just can't help chang
ing his mind, for the faculties are weak and he
certainly is to be pitied. He finds it impossible
to say no, and will be easily ''taken in"
When the thumb sets closely to the side of the
hand, as in Figure 1, the owner is secretive eau
tious and often suspicious, seldom frank or out
spoken. 1t is hard to discover what he intends
to do. When the thumb is also long, revealing
good intelligence, the owner is also close and
avaricious, always saving, no matter how many
millions he has accumulated. From such one It
would be difficult to borrow money unless excel
lent security was in sight and large interest
coming for the favor.
When the thumb sets away from the fingers,
as in Figure 2, the opposite characteristics are
brought to light; nature more open, free and
generous, often extravagant
The thumb that is flexible, as in Figure A,
gives its owner adaptability to people and condi-
tions. He is easier in nature and one whom cir
cumstance affect less; often extravagant in
money matters, projects and ideas. He is less
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run up her spine when she recognizes a certain
handwriting on envelope, and at what par
ticular moment her heart should begin to beat
faster.
When she is eighteen, it is a new rosecolored
world into which she comes; when she is TWEEN.
ty-five, the rose-color will have faded to large
extent, because the freshness and the novelty
will also have gone,
1t is pity that loves young dream should
end so soon. The lovers, however, think that
the romance will last forever
The young fellow, clinging to the youthful de-
lusion that love is everything and that nothing
else is required, may entreat her to fly with him,
and the girl, remembering that the "far Geral-
dine yielded to the pleadings of the last of the
Percys." will perhaps consent; and their fairy.
story will end with the remark, "And so they
lived miseraby ever after"
If love is going to last it must be practical,
and at eighteen and twenty it cannot be any
thing but hopelessly sentimental, in spite of the
undeniable sweetness of a first love.
1t is an old saying that a man never marries
his first love, and it is probably well for him
that he doesn't. ..
No young fellow of twenty can know his own
mind At that age he hasn't seen enough of the
world; he hasn't met enough girls to know what
kind of woman he prefers.
| His first sweetheart is probably dainty lit
tie thing who captivated him with pair OF
bright eyes and knack of dressing becomingly
By the time Ire is a few years older he has
found out that he cannot afford wife like
this, that his pocket book will only permit of a
quiet girl who does not care enough for dress to
be extravagant.
A twentieth century love affair is just as much
ruled by financial considerations as the stock
market is, and this without either of the parties
being at all mercenary.
There are thousand things to be considered
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when eighteen and twenty get engaged. There
fore their kind relatives will make them wait a
little while before the knot is actually tied, and
will probably insist that they call the state Of
affairs an understanding, and not an engage
ment.
The lovers viii, in all likelihood, laugh at this
condition, and vow that it makes no difference
at all in their affections that they will always
be true etc, ETC.
But by and by the time will come when they
will thank their kind relatives for insisting that
they should not be bound to one another, for
the young man, having accepted a position in
another town, may meet girl with brighter
eyes and knack Of dressing more becomingly
and stylshly and, what is more of making these
stylish and becoming clothes herself.
The girl at home may think that her heart is
broken but subsequently she will discover that
1t IS Just as whole as it ever was
She will bring her own good common sense to
bear upon the subject and realize that she could
not have expected boy of twenty to be ma
ture enough for real seriousness. She will also
come to know that If one man is untrue, there
is another one who will be faithful, and that
there may be better fish in the sea.
At the time she may not think so, but let
her go out and buy new hat or a pretty waist,
and she will be surprised to find how little she
thinks about the sorrow she thought she would
never get over, for there never was a woman
yet who was not susceptible to the seductive
power of some piece of fnery.
If she cannot indulge in new finery she can
at least make herself fascinating in the old, and
surround herself with a little court of admirers.
This move will satisfy both her vanity and her
pride at the same time. A new fellow is not
merely consolation" to quote the slang ex-
preston, but an absolute necessity.
She must not get into the, habit of moping,
both for her own sake and for the sake of the
people who have to live with her. Even if she
spends her days hammering away at typewriter
or measuring out ribbon behind counter, she
can still be cheerful and happy. She can learn
to take an absorbing interest in her work, to
devote the best of her time and attention to it,
and if she does this, she will certainly have no
time for moping.
OF course, she may be tagged out and tired
when she comes home at night, but if she exer-
cises little will power, she will soon get over
this first affair
She will probably think that she can never
love again, but some day she will find herself
announcing her engagement
There will be a ring upon the finger where
she had once thought no mans ring would ever
be, and she will recall her first love affair with
a smile that is half tender and half amused.
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as he loves the intellectual, is refined in appear.
ance, tactful and quick to grasp. This type is
usually found on the knotty hand.
A woman with long thumb is considerable,
sef-wiled and cear-headed, faithful in love,
never a coquet or flirt.
Possessors of short thumbs suffer much from
mental indecision. With them life is an eternal
combat. They are subject to their first impulses,
easily overtaken and lack patience and forbear-
ance. Women with short thumbs are no doubt
more fascinating than their long-thumbed sisters
Love is their all in all.
In selecting life partner it is advisable to
choose one with different type of thumb from
your own.
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impulse of the moment. and in that case ns,,l,,
ends his own life.
man with a thumb that has the first pba
lange shorter than the second (See Figure n.
would reason and discuss everything to death;
he would be suspicious of Others and lack will
power to carry out his own plans.
A thumb with the first phalange longer than
the second (See Figure 81, tells that the owner
of this type would act in a hurry in fact would
be reckless in his actions. AS the will is not
governed by reason, he would be quick tempered
and domineerng.
A thumb that has waist shape appearance
(See Figure 81, impells it's owner to seek wisdom,
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ened by display of emotion Whatever virtues
or faults these people may have, they will never
be petty; they are either good or bad; they are
never ordinary.
short thumb always indicates sentimental
impressionable nature, unable to form any very
high ideas, yet generally aspire to great things
but seldom requires them, as their will power is
only exercised by fits and starts. These people
suffer much from mental indecision and many
good opportunity is lost.
The thumb contains two phalanges (See Figure
-. The first represents will power, firmness and
executive ability. The second, reason and logic
The thumb in reading hands should always be
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cause to be brought to light, yet "tell-tale"
well to shun. Scientists have proved that there
is a thumb centre in the brain and it is often
aroused when least expected A defective action
of the heart often goes with this type of thumb
1 have found them persons who had commit
ted murder, also found them on people who died
while in rage of passion, which was announced
as death due to heart failure" The owner Of
such type would not necessarily seek murder or
premeditate it; such is only brought about when
tantalized and deeply vexed, thus he kills on the
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and not for the young fellow who swore so
many lovers vows 'by the tickle moon"
She will have forgotten that on certain
morning he brought her violets, or that on
certain evening they sat and watched the moon
come up; all that remains in her memory will
be general impression of a gamor that is lost
irrevocably.
Violets may be sold at the same florists still:
the moon when it comes up is just as red as it
used to be; but the romance that clings to them
is gone.
This new love is stronger and more stable
than the first could ever have been, but it lacks
the first so sweet
She is no longer eighteen, and love is no long
er the only thing in the world
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likely that both toes had been amputated by ac-
cident, someone asked the woman's mother to
account for the lost toes. After a gallant effort
to evade the question, the old lady reluctantly
confessed that her daughter had had the toes
severed to enable her to wear very small shoesl
It is we'll know that hundreds of women suffer
torture every week by having their cheeks tinted
with electric needles, having almost invisible
hairs plucked from their fair faces
In most lonely districts-such as the slets off
the Irish and Scottish coasts--tRe women have a
weakness for gaudy colors A parson in little
st. Kilda tells of servant-mad of his--a native
of the sland-who asked his permission to take
a brightlycolored Persian hearthrug to church
to use a shawl. Thinking the request was
merely crude joke, he laughingly assented. To
his astonishment he beheld her little later
walking jauntily down the aisle of the church.
with the rainbow-coored rug about her shoul-
ders, admired and envied by the feminine por-
ton Of the congregation, at least
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found in the very long thumb is modified by the
kindness of the heart.
Long-Where the thumb is long it gives in
creased mental strength and good capacity for
both thought and action. The owner of such a
thumb would be master of himself, consequently
could successfully master others, 1t indicates
great physical energy, person dauntess and un-
dismayed under all circumstances, possessing Won
derful decision of character, determination and
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stand that which the subject may be interested
in, in order TO make it a success.
To tell whether a thumb is long or short see
Figure 3 The various characteristics as revealed
by the different lengths are as follows:
Normal-A thumb that is normal shows that
the owner has a nature where feeling and reason
are well balanced, one who is considerable and not
hard to get along with, for that hard cold nature
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Infants up to the time when their intelligence
begins to develop, keep their hands constantly
closed, folding their fingers over the thumb
But as the mind begins to develop the thumb
comes out. If one pays particular attention as to
how people fold or are accustomed to carry their
thumbs without their knowing that they are OBJ
served, one can get very clear idea as to their
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His Marriage a Failure

CV1E regarded children as nuisance.
~ He did all his courting before mar
@ riase-
He never talked over his affairs with his wife
He never had time to go anywhere with his
wife.
He doled out money to his wife as if to SER
want
He looked down upon his wife as an inferior
icing
He never took time to get acquainted with his
family,
He thought of his wife only as cheap house.
keeper.
He never dreamed that there were two sides TO
marriage
He never dreamed that wife deserves praise
or compliments.
He had one set of manners for home and
another for society
He paid no attention to his personal appear.
ance after marriage.
He thought his wife should spend all her time
doing housework
He married an ideal, and was disappointed to
hnd Il had flaws
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Every evening when he comes to see her and
tells her all sorts of impossible things; she drinks
them in greedily, and receives them gospel
truth, and every morning she waits for the post
man to bring her letter from him.
1t is the happiest time of her life, and there
certainly will never be another time like it, for
if she loves again there will be no such novelty
about it.
She will know Just what kind of thrill will
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New ParasoIs

Parasols are embroidered to match lingerie
gowns, and placed over color Some linen para.
soils have eyeet.hole embroidery, through which
is threaded eolored ribbons and the handles tied
with punches Of ribbons to match.
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examined first, as it gives you the amount of will
and reason of the individual before you. Thus
in telling talents the first phalange will tell
whether there is enough will and execution to
carry out the subjects ambition. The second
giving logic and reason, will tell whether there
is enough mental and reasoning ability to under
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TlHEN a girl is eighteen love seems to
IW her to be the only thing in the world.
She builds ar-castles all day, and
ISllEG7| dreams all night about a certain
49, young fellow couple of years her
senior, who is going to spend all his
life with her and who is going to be as much
her lover at seventy as he was the day he mar
ried her.
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@7F all the parts of the hand the thumb is
N one of the best indexes Of character.
1t is the most important portion of
I$AIHsM the hand. The monkey has thumb,
VassaW but it is SO short and insignificant in
proportion to the monkeys so-caled ''hand" that
it gives no reason or will power to the animal
merely instinct and imitation.
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Woman's Vanity

HEN Leicester woman was missing
some time ago, her relatives published
detailed description Of her. 1t con-
tanned this sentence: "Small toe of
oh foot r,n;rr;,onr y An "a ...o. ...- -.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-09

Then the woods grew thinner. The
trees were fewer and small Ahead
of the dove was u dry and rocky
plain on which no trees and little grass
grew. The frightened dove was not
wise enough now TO rest in one of
the trees. but thought only of flight-
TO get sway-anywhere anywhere to
escape from the terrible eagle that
flew on and on and on. with wrath in
aits eyes at being kept so long from it's
dinner-from feastiag on boy or bird.
When the last tree was passed, the
dove, like q Hash of sunlight flying
from the darksome woods, came into
the full daylight and sped with ali its
strength and fear toward q fringe of
trees on the opposite ridge of Cali
foraia hills.
Fly as fast as it could. the agie
could fly faster; turn as cleverly in the
air as 1t might. the eagle was quicker
the eagle, rushing at its prey. was
within striking distance and had poor
Snow White in its taIons.
But on the still air rang the crack
OF a rife and a bullet sped true to
its mark in the eagles breast. The
great bird flew dizzily for q second.
and then fell like lead straight down
ward, holding the white dove fast in
its talons
well done. Billy" cried a manly
voice as boy of 16 ran forward to
I pick up the eagle II couldn't have
done any better with a wing shot
myself"
but say. pa called the boy in an
swer, there is something queer. The
eagle had dove and the dove has a
curl tied around it's neck. How do you
suppose 1t came away out here?''
a curl exclaimed the father a
broad shouldered hunter; see. why. it
is wet. Here is a drop OF water on
it. Strange Billy, there is work for
us. There is a tear on the curl that
has not dried. and so some one is near
by that needs our help. some little
girl guess.
What Is to be done, pag'
I'VE must hunt the woods through.
Take both your revolver and rifle and
fire every few minutes. so that / can
keep track of you If you find any
thing fire twice BE sure and be back
in the camp before dark. for these
pesky mountain lions are around. I
saw the tracks of one a little while
ago. when / went down toethe spring
Billy needed no second order He
seized his firearms and plunged into
the woods
Half mile on he came upon the
mountain lion that had marked out
little Jack for death
The sound of the rifle when Billy
shot the eagle had startled the lion
and II had drawn back farther in the
bushes to wait for something else to
happen, when Billy came across its
fresh tracks on the ground and knew.
with the woodcraft he had learned, the
sort of animal that was near. He
looked his trusty Winchester over
carefully and then pushed on. He had
always wanted TO shoot mountain
lion. ard so he would not call out to
his father. who was crashing through
the woods In another direction.
Face to face Billy came with the
lion on 4 turn IN blind trail In an
instant he fired. The bullet grazed