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

dogmas Of the elder palmistry. con.
trast the tangled and contradictory
doctrine Of to-day. and then conclude
by quoting what real scientists a
OF the evolution and meaning Of the
curious features Of the hand-that
wonderful tool which Aristotle called
the instrument Of instruments
Il may help the laity II / first out.
line the major states and territories
Of the hand-map as pslmists see H. II
you open your palm as widely as pos
sible. you viii see certain ]protuber.
snces and certain lines The protuber-
nnees. according 10 ~evoluuonists. are
remnants OF the pads OF our ancient
quadrupedal ancestors. BY palmists
they are called mounts and they
are not only named after the Greek
gods OF astrology. but are still sup
posed 10 indicate the qualities typihed
by those gods and the influences e1-
hailed by their namesake planets.
There IS something really sublime
IN this process. An ancient race grad
ually invented a group Of gods. These
gods were fortunate enough 20 have
a number Of marvellous poets, dra-
matistH. and scuiptors as press agents
They became very popular and their
fame remained iong after their power
had vanished. Some OF these gods
got their arbitrarily am1cd %
certain large but remote chunks q
VhirlinE slaE called planets Then the
~stupcnduus idiocy OF ~Astrology was
evolved. and by jugglery Of dates and
reniths and things. q was-and sull Is
asserted that these chunks Of Stag
affect the s-oul.suruculro. the complex
ity and destiny Of the individual born
under" them. II Saturn was IN the
hEccudency" when you were born. you
will be sour and saturnine: 81 Jupiter,
you viii be joyial. etc. one might ~
well say that a person born IN Wash.
ingtcn square could not lie, and a per.
son born IN Lincoln square would be
asHaHEinRted.
Nov lcngthon the ears Of these
jackRstroloEors q yard more and
you reach the palmists. Certain
Jumps OF muscle in what used 10 be a
foot but IL now n hand are arbitrarily
given the arbitrary names Of these
planets and then assigned the qualities
OF those imaginary gods by whose Is.
ties these planets were dubbed az they
werc identified And 20 We reach the
uttermoKt tip OF the top icicle on the
peak OF idiocy and are told that since
somebody called the large thumb,
muscle "the mount Of Venus. there.
fore the thickness Of your thumb mus.
Gle n the exact gauge Of the quantity
you poasos Of those qualities Tor
which Venus was a provcrb
There Ia nothing Ia all pslmistry so
Incredible as tho crodullty of tho be-
hcvcrs IN g.
so Ne have a mount Of Jupiter
which measures the lupitoriau luRlt
ties So We have lines which indicate
intellect. sentiment -wantonpVsB, Bnd
even destiny And w have little sub.
sldiary Quirls Of pattern called stars.
crosses. grillcs. and tho Ike. which
mean other things
nut to outline the hand. AZ the base
OF the thumb IL the mount OF Venus:
at the base OF the first finger Is tho
Gun OF Jupiter; second finger. sat.
urn; third, Apollo twho had no plan.
etl: little finger, Mercury Under.
meath Mercury q the mount OF Mars:
and underneath this az the base Of the
hand Is the mount OF the moon. The
hollow Of the palm % the plain OF
Mars,
The large wrinkle made by the
thumb turned iu Is the lifeline. on
whose clarity and length depend
longevity and health THIS liue eau
be charted on for dates by beginning
at tho top and dividing Il into nearly
equal arcs for periods OF Ave or ten
years, The hte.lino which run up
the middle OF the hand can be chartcd
on for dates by beginning a, the top
and dividing Il into nearly equal arcs
for periods OF ave or ten years, The
fate-line. which run up the middle o.
tho hand-if It does-can also Dc
ohartcd IN %iye-year periods. begin.
ming at the Vase II the fingers are
folded INWARD they form In most palms
two wrinkles, The upper Is the
hoRTtline and II shows "tho natisaed
or unsaiished state Of the aaectionae