Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-10
FINGERS AND CHARACTER
There Is Said to be Connection Be
tween the Two.

There Is Said to be Connection Be-
tween the Two. D.
If your fiance has square fingers
you may count on his being firm in
his opinions, reasonable, and quite an
orderly person.
If his fingers are fat, he's lazy. The
same applies to his fiancee.
The ambitious person has long fing-
ers.
The amiable, easy going person has
short fingers.
Large fingers show intellectually and
common tastes.
Small, thin fingers bespeak d clever,
acute mind, somewhat given to deceit.
Lean fingers. indicate simple tastes,
perhaps leaning too much toward
penuriousness.
Markedly pointed fingers indicate
religious fervor and imagination.
A course, brutal nature is dis closed
by fingers as large at the tips as at the
roots. - r,.
The strength of your will power is
measured by the length Of the upper
joint Of the thumb.
Thumbs that curve downward show
shrewdness and miserliness.
Thumbs that are coarse, heavy and
undcveloped belong to rude and ig-
norant persons.
In the old days In Scotland, licking
thumbs was the recognized sign
among the lower classes that a sale
had been agreed upon and was salts
factory and lucky.
Never trust O woman who hides her
thumbs in the palms Of her hands.
If the thumb turns. back, it is sign
that you love to spend money.
A short thumb is sign of humble
origin.
The second division of the thumb
shows how much determination you
have.
1t is a sign of a weak mind to sit
with the thumbs turned in and held
by the fingers.
,rhumbs that bend up indicate Gu
rious disposition.
A small, narrow thumb denotes a
weak character.
r. the first finger leans toward the
second, power is shown weakened by
melancholy.
If the second finger leans toward
tho first, it is indicative Of the en-
erey that will conquer every obstacle
The second finger leaning toward
the third indicates, good fortune and
large gains.
1t is a, bad sign for all fingers to be
of the same length-sign of n thief.
The third leaning toward the fourth
denotes celebrity and fame.
IL the fingers curve upward 1t Is
sign of generosity
II the fingers curve; downwardly the
person is nlggardly. ~
If your middle finger is much longer
than the palm of your hand you have
o Eeen, active mind. Il
If. the end of the little finger reaches
higher than the last Joint of the ring
finger he or she will rule the house
with ease and the other will be easily
obedient. ~ s'rE'h
You can obtain any object you de-
sire If you can make the tips OF the
first and fourth fingers meet over the
back of your hand.
If you curl your little finger you are
blueblooded. Hsyi o."
When your fingers are slippery and
everything drops out of them, 1t is a
sure sign of visitor. ~
L, you clasp your hands together
interlacing the fingers, and the rght
thumb unconsciously comes on TOP
YOU will rule the home; If the left you
will be ruled.
DO YOU know the origin OF the eX-
pression thumbs DOWN." In the old
Roman days, when at the gladia!orlai
exhibitions the fight between man and
man, or between man and beast had
rea ached the point where one. was at
the mercy of the other, it was put TO
vote whether the conquered should be
but to death or not. The people sig
nified their pleasure by their thumbs
If they were in a merciful mood CT the
man was a favorite, they turned their
thumbs up, which meant he or she
should he allowed to live; but II they