The Detroit times., 1917-03-10
What Your
Hands Show
nv N. ADDFNoroN BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
ality." Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

The reading OF character AM des-
tiny from the human hand, as prac-
ueed by professional palmists. IL
pretty generally dlscredited. Mover.
theless the hand does undoubtedly
furnish many helpful Indications TO
garding its possessor.
80 true Is this that certain OBJ
servant physicians are nowadays
making II a point TO sorutiniIe their
patients hands as an aid In dag.
noeis- In particular they ind n
possible 10 derive helpful informs.
ton from the color end condition OF
the palms and nails.
Which, after all. Is not surprising
II stands TO reason that abnormal
states OF internal organs and pro
oesses should tend TO reveal them
selves by wasting. fattening. d,vool.
orins. etc, OF the hands.
Other observers. more interested
In problems Of character than in
problems of health. similarly pront
from hand study But what they
chiefly nose In not so much the hand
Itself as the way Il Ia used. They
are nrm believers in the theory
which picturesquely aflrms:
The hand Is gesture. gesture Is
visible speech. speech ia the soul,
the soul IL man. the soul OF man Is
in the hand"
These observers recognise. OF
course. that there are definite psy.
Geological types OF hand But also
they recognize thai hands by no
means always run true TO psyeho.
logical type
Thus. slender delicate hands. with
tapering fingers and convex nails
are supposed TO have ne psycholoci.
cal accompaniment sensitive ma.
ture. a fine character. and a hlEn de-
gree az Intelligence. Short. stocky,
coarse hands. with nat nails ere
regarded as indicative OF a coarse
nature, an unpleasant character. anc
low degree OF intelligence.
Such. in fact. Is he rule. But 4,
is a rule which has so many excep-
tons az TO be scarcely depend. bic
Therefore the prudent rely moro on
observing the way the hand ia used
than IN studying its formation.
With pose and grsturs as tho
guide here are a few well establish.
eel points:
When the hands are habitually a.
lowed 10" fall limp and lifeless by
the side. lack OF a real life-purpo pose
Is indicated. with perhaps a mulish
stubbornncSJ in place Of tue
strength 81 character.
IL. during a conversation, the
hands are customarily held lightly
6lasped. II is safe 10 infer that the
person thus clAsping them IS a ger
ION OF great selfcOnmand.
Aimlcss shifting OF the hands, a.
the in douot what 20 do with them
u habitual is indicative OF a person
poorly controlled EXCEPTIONALLY II
occasional II merely ihdicate3 nerv
Gus excitement.
Hands with fingers held widely
extended are the hands NJ a person
not lightly 10 be trusted with i'm
portaht secrets they are tn,
hands u the laxative
Also beware OF the man whofs
customary rose IL % stand with one
hand partly hidden in coat.froni. the
other behind his back The lileh
hood.is that he Is a Han with som,.
thing UNPLEASANT % hide.
But you Jay trust hira Who stand.
or walks with hands str1iELt AZ HI.
tide. the fingers turned slightly In
ward. Re IL almost Fure to be hon
est and straightforward
His opposite. the hypocrlte. you
can discern in the man who unctu
ously rubs his hRnis lightly tozsth
or while h. talks % you. This mo
tion OF tbs hands you instlnctlv Il;
resent. and You arr Justified.
Hands kept swinging freely Whit
walking arc usually the hands OF :
hold. energetic man. In this cas-.
the whole pose is plainly indicative
o. energy.
These, | repeat. are only a few
POINTS as TO hand revelationn. HUI
remember them. You will find them
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