Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-28
PALMTSTRY HELD
AID TO STUDENTS
rxnert at Schaff Carnival
Saws 1t Helps Choose
Right Vacations
FAMOUS HANDS SHOWN
lecturer Says Worlds Leaders
Would Lag if Engaged in
Other Fields of
Activity

p..d,pp hands and palms in the public
.is 20 help children choose their proper
..s.ros and thus avoid scores or round
rsrs in square holes" was advocated today
:, me schafr Carnival in Horticultural Hall,
u.o.d street below Locust by Mrs. Pearl
parker, prevocational expert
n,rtng her lecture Mrs. Parker showed
..e,,res of hands Of famous persons, ex-
,s,ned the characteristics of their hands
~, saId they were successful because they
~ chosen their proper sphere Some Of
~. surcesses would have been Elaring fail
srsv she said, IL they had gone into other
rms Of work She advised mothers to
.sdv their children and see that they are
,,slned I'm the vocations Indicated by their
hands
she said II "prevocational' hand reading
vas established in public schools there
,-o,,ld be more success and greater efficiency
n the world
,.The hand is the only book we bring with
=. when we come in the world" she said
Win emphasis In addressing large audi
snee 'and It should be the first one we
iearn to read. 1t is our history written in
advance, telling us what we are, what we
ean do best and shows us many OF the
main events in life Also II shows us our
weak points which are like danger signals
tbat we must know and avoid If we wish to
make success. II we do not like what is
vritten In our hands we can change IT,
Knowledge is power"
FEW SUCCEED
Mrs Parker said but five per cent of the
rsonle in the world are successful, accord
ing TO statistics. People are not successful
hecause they do not know what they can
do best, she said. She emphasized the
fact that the lines of hand and the shape OF
the figures are the same to the history OF
human life as the geological formations
are to the history of the world.
The left hand never changes. The right
hand records the things of ones life. In
eonnection with this Mrs. Parker showed
he Impression of Sousa's hand, and told
now she noticed in reading the hand inn
uresson that the left hand showed n reticent,
retIrlnR disposition. and that she remarked
shout this to Sousa because he did not have
the same lines in the right hand. She saio
the great musician told her he had overcome
Il to a certain degree, but still dreaded
getting up before an audience.
She showed the hand of Il man who had
been an idiot until he was twenty years
old when his mind became normal. She
said in reading his hand she noticed he had
no head line for a long period and asked
him about 1t. He then told her about hav-
Ing been an idiot all those years,
HAND OF A BABY
The youngest person Mrs. Parker has ever
taken an impression OF was a baby, fifteen
minutes old the oldest, a person OF 1l5
years. Mrs, Parker has been studying the
selection of vocation of various persons by
their hands for eighteen years
Mrs. Parker is one of the attractions at
the bazaar of the Schaff Memorial Week
Carnival The object of the carnival is to
raise money to erect a building in memory
Of the Rev. DIR. Schaff, the founder of the
reunion of Christendom idea Civic oTgani-
sations, churches of more than a score OF
examinations, charitable and civic Organi-
cations are cooperating in this weeks car
hiyal. which is open to the public, There is
different attraction for each hour of the
day, ranging from lectures to moving pic
lures.
The bazaar itself will prove a boon to the
rushed at this Christmas season. Fancy
. articles, dolls, perfumes, home made articles
and hand embroidery are all there in grand
array.