The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-21

They Serve a. an Index to the
Character OF the IndiSiduaI-Th-
Thumb Center In the Brsin-Posi-
ton of the Well Balanced Thumb.
The Cypsjcs have always recognized
that the thumb is the most important
factor in delineatIug special tendencies.
These nomAdic people are the most in
tuitive on earth. aud the fact that in
their fortune telling they often conrue
their proEnoSticationS 10 the thumb
alone is worth more than passing no
tlCe.
The fact that there is what is know II
as the thumb center" in the brain. rec
oCulzed by all surgeons, demonstrates
the immense importance attached 10 il
by medical science. If there i a tend
ency toward paralysis the physician
notes il in the thumbs long before the
malady shows itself in other directions
An operation 10 avert the calamity If
possible is frequently performed on the
thumb center of The brain. and the
thumb itself is watched for results ia
vorable or otherwise. 1t is a matter OF
record that the thumbs of idiots and
those mentally weak are understood
characterless and usually cling closely
TO the side OF the hand. There have
bceu books written on signs in the
thumbs as denoting criminal instincts
and detectives have been often moved
10 consider seriously this phase OF the
hand in making their deductions in
puZzling cases.
4 q l1nSitInn of IhN th1Tt1h with 90
enCe TO the rest of the hand makes al
Their for or against favorable tenden-
cies. If it is bound to the first finger at
a close angle, lying nearly parallel, il
indicates weak and cOwardly nature
People with such thumbs are not open
and frank in character. preferring IL
creep along in the shadow and profit
by another's enterprise. If in COnnec-
ton with this position it should he
very small, with vaCillating, almost in
visible joints it indicates mental weak
ness. If, on the contrary, it flies out al
right angles or even farther it shows
want of balance in another direction
The person will rush to extremes and
is independent and aggressive almost
TO foolhardiness. Such people are dis
agreeable to associate with in any en-
terprise, as they always want their
own way and are not subservient to
authority.
The well balanced thumb lies at an
angle of about forty-tive degrees from
the first finger. The joints of the
thumb also tell their story. The Timber
jointed thumb which turns back from
the hand Is a misfortune to its owner
He will never be rich by saving his
earnings, and if fortune should be
left him it is likely to be soon dissi
pated. He is a spendthrift by nature
not only in money, but in thought. II
he gets hobby he rides it to death
and his policy in all the affairs of life
will be, IF a little is good. more is bet
ter And if he does not actually live
out all his impulses he will always
fret in the spirit and grow rebellious il
resisting his natural tendencies.
The stable jointed thumb is every
thing that is the opposite to the first
type. And while the people with these
thumbs are not so cOmpaniOnable or sc
helpful to others they succeed by con
centratiOn and certain amount OF
selfishneSs. They have the drectness
of purpose and the tenacity to carry tC
successful issue great enterprises. They
are stubborn, material, stolid, resist
less The chimpanZee, which has tho
hand most nearly resembling the hui
man, shows the greatest weakness anC
want of intelligence in its undersiZeC
short thumb. And in the human race
the long thumb may be taken as indi
eating the more intellectual nature
The shorter the thumbs the more bru
tai and passion governed the nature.
The relative length of the joints also
plays an important part. The first in
dictates the will power. the second de
notes Judgment, reason and logic, anC
the third, which controls the noun
of Venus. indicates the affections anC
love Of fellow beings In a well bal
anced nature the first and SECOND
joints are about of equal length. This
indicates a wholesome adjustment be
tween the judgment and the will. If
however, the first joint is longer thar
the second the will exceeds the judg
ment, and the person is likely TO bt
STUBBORN anu ol zen dtlS "ltuOul ttd
son. When the second Joint is tht
longer Il person plans better than he
executes. In this way he often gets
the reputation OF being visionary anC
is frequently full of schemes which ht
lacks the will to carry out.
l'he third joint, or ''ha M" of tn,
hand when too thick indicates ungov
ernable passions and an inordinat'
love Of the opposite sex. Such per
son will be hail fellow we'll met" {
boon companion, but is likely to neg
Iect the intellectual demands both o.
his home and his other self
When the second Joint is thin anC
small in circumference as compared
with the first it is said to indicate
great tact and niceties in Judgment
even to the splitting of hair. Wheth
or the hand is firm or fiabby it has {
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