The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-04-21

promptu dissertation on character.
The ingenuity Of some Of these fellows
Is amazing.
/ used 20 watch one Of them IN
drawing-rooms. and he found his
greatest success, ~curiously enough.
not IN fattery but In graceful insult
II was a treat 20 see him take the
hand Of a hopelessly respectable old
lady Of an unblemished humdrum.
merry. glance AZ her palm. start with
a shock. look al her with amaEemenE
and refuse to read her hand before
people. ! said Il was a treat 70 watch
her. as she writhed with delighted
horror al his aspersions on character
isics which. he told her. discretion or
cowardice had kept IN check. but
which her hand-ah, her hand dis
played so that he who read might
runi
Pnimistry has kept what place Il
has kept In civilized federation ~
the fact that It's character studies can
hardly 90 entirely wrong. And palm.
lists have taken good care 20 provide
a refuge from every mistake. The
wicked trait which one mount" pro
chains is annuiied by the opposite
trait proclaimed by a star" the Aw.
fui thing which this Zine" threatens
Is cancelled by the shape of a "pha-
%langc." grille" contrudicts "tri-
angle" island conqucrs cross "
spaiulate nuger gives the lie 90 cont
cal thumb. and the nails 10 The
knuckies
Palmistry. then. involves nothing
very tragic, because its very believers
do not believe "a q very much The
chief objections 20 Il are that q Is
false ~ premise and conclusion. that
Il Is a silly superstition aliying itself
TO astrolCgy aud phrcnology and for
t~unc-teuiug. and that q e. used 20 an
exteLt by cheap swindlora 20 whccdle
money from people who could nnd
better uses for a.
when palmistry pretondH 10 v~iyisect
character, Il Is merely diyertiug nou.
sense like charades and e~onundrums.
when palmistry assumes 10 utter
prophecies. Il becomes %impudent as
well 40 puerilo. when the PALMS.; sets
himself up as n counselor upon mat
tiers ~ personal cuHduct, he becomes
a public nuisance u IL a pitiful thing
for a state 20 allow liars and oharia'
tana 10 dccoy the poor and the fool
ish flor no one else visits thcm). and
take ~hArd-earned dollars for worthless
advice. II "a obtaining money under
false ~prctonses. and IN many enlight
- M.a..maaHHNEH MWnHmNHNnmW nnlmV
lists are under the legal ban along with
thimbioriggcrs. o~lRirvoyants, pick
pockets. quack doctors. and eonhdcnc'
operators
Among the numerous palmists work
ing Now York IL one who has tho un
spcaknblo i-mpcrunonce 60 advertise
such monstroua iAlsehoodn no this.
". the palmist. tolls you about
business. lawsuits. changes and the
best moves 20 make. how Go turn fail
uro into success and accomplish your
cuda Marriages. divorce. personal
dikarrcomcnts. love anairI and oil so
Clal matters. and how 10 Toctiiy mia
takes are dwcit upon with great &C
curaey, Tie has brought light TO many
IN NNNNNlt Nv MNAlNils NNNiA'NNHf Wv"
gers. enemies and all the evils that
0eset mankind are plainly Indicated
and words OF warning given. You
make no mistake IN consulting him
The hand Is the mirror redectine
the many events tho future holds and
palmistry shows how 20 change youI
relation { o Fate, and thus choose the
best course, Thousands who are sue
oessfii "a every walk Of lie are be
ing guided by 4 to-day"
These are typical springcs toI
~woodcocks. and many palm.sts are
even less immodost In their claims
than this nan All tho professional
guarantee not only 10 sound the
cavorns ot character. but also 20 read
'tho vast backward and abysm" OF
your past ana the vast forward and
abysm OF your future.
Tho libraries contain hlaek,lstteT
tones In the French. English, Ger
man. Latin OF centuries 3 giving
true and inialiblo signs which make
any palm as logihle Is this mornings
newspaper.
should IKE TO quote some Of the