Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-27
pOLYDORE QUESTION BOX.

Question Il tried to take some prints
of my hands (back as well as palms,.
Would il be too much to ask you to
read them for me, and why / "a al
ways been able to be independent, yet
that's about all? l never get what I
really want: and here L am at the mid
die of my life working in other peo-
pies household as a plain servant.
L tried and tried to live up to higher
work, but of no use. A. B. d.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the markings,
as shown by the prints of the hands,
the ingenuity displayed In making these
prints is in itself an evidence of un-
usual talent.
The thumbs indicate an abundantly
energetic will. controlled by strong
mentality.
The left thumbs third phalanx.
which constitutes the So-called ball OF
the hand and is known in palnistry
as 1.-THE Mount of Venus" is rather
narrow. This shows lack of sympathy;
also small owe for melody. But, in the
right hand, the Mount of Venus is con-
siderably larger. If YOU are right
handed" the larger mount in the right
hand indicates that as you grow older
your affections and ~sympathies and
fondness for melody increase. II you
are '1eft-handed" the reading is just
the reverse.
Your short fingers denote an impui-
sive nature, which L imagine must
chafe at the details involved in a SER
wants work. And as the prints show
your fingers to be smooth, they bespeak
a quick, intuitive mind. the long first
phalanges giving proof of a disposition
to dwell more in the mental b in
the material or business worlds.
That you nevertheless possess busi-
ness ability is Indicated by the square
Ffinger-tips and the exceptionally
shrewd little finger, h shrewdness
being indicated by the lateral bend.
The line which encircles the mount
at the base of your index finger Is the
sign of fondness for occult matters.
The lifeline (the line which encircles
the ball of the hand) Is deep and strong
In the left hand; but seems to taper
into a scarcely perceptible line after
the ifty-ffth veal. This indicates that
at that g your muscular vitality
threatens to give way to nerves"
There is In the right hands lifeline
a break at about the thirty-f1fth year
But the ailment or other cause threat
ening life at that point is parried. A
so-called island" however, which APP
pears to extend to the fortieth veal
indicates delicacy of health during
those five years.
The most remarkable feature Of your
hands Is the well-nigh marvelously
long Zine of b~rilliancy' which runs
from near the wrist up to the ring
finger.
A line like that is a sort of synopsis
of every artistic quality tending toward
success.
If, with all your excellent qualities,
you, nevertheless, have been unable to
rise above the station in life which you
say you hold the cause is not physical,
but metaphysical. l mean that Provi-
dence has seen At to try you put" I'M
doubtedly for your imperishable souls
own ultimate good.
Often this is no more apparent TO us
grown-ups than 1t is to the babe. whose
mother prevents 1t from getting a knife
or going too near the fire, and, like
the babe which yells it's pro.
test, we too are prone 10
complain. Often, when we think
we are being deprived OF an
advantage we discover later 1t was 'for
the best" And even If we never make
this discovery, we should console our
selves, at least, with the conviction that
the same p~rovidential influences are at
work. though too greatly masked for us
to discern. This is what is meant By
the proverbial blessings in disguise"
For we are taught by them to be pa-
hent, kind and ~forbearing. =