what you've written, if you would entice
The man who reads you once to read you twice.
-Horace (Conington, Tr.)
Zeal with scanty capacity often accomplishes more than capacity with no
zeal at all.--George Eliot.
WHAT DIFFERENT EYES INDICATE.
The long, almond-shaped eye with thick eyelids covering nearly half of
the pupil, when taken in connection with the full brow, is indicative of
genius, and is often found in artists, literary and scientific men. It
is the eye of talent, or impressibility. The large, open, transparent
eye, of whatever color, is indicative of elegance, of taste, of
refinement, of wit, of intelligence. Weakly marked eyebrows indicate a
feeble constitution and a tendency to melancholia, Deep sunken eyes are
selfish, while eyes in which the whole iris shows indicate erraticism,
if not lunacy. Round eyes are indicative of innocence; strongly
protuberant eyes of weakness of both mind and body. Eyes small and close
together typify cunning, while those far apart and open indicate
frankness. The normal distance between the eyes is the width of one eye;
a distance greater or less than this intensifies the character supposed
to be symbolized. Sharp angles, turning down at the corners of the eyes,
are seen in persons of acute judgment and penetration. Well-opened
steady eyes belong to the sincere; wide staring eyes to the impertinent.
THE MYSTERIES OF PALMISTRY
The following points, upon which the Science of Palmistry is based,
explain its mysteries, and will be found very interesting, amusing and
instructive:
Form of the Hand.
Hands are classed into seven types, each of which is illustrated by the
cuts on the preceding page, and described as follows:
Plate I--The Elementary or Bilious Hand, indicating brutal instinct
instead of reason as the governing power of the character.
Plate II--The Square or Jupiter Hand, indicating a practical, stubborn,
methodical, and conventional character; one apt to be suspicious of
strangers and radical in views.
Plate III--The Spatulate or Nervous Hand, so named because of its
imagined resemblance to a spatula. It is broad at the base of the
fingers, and indicates great energy and push to discover; also, courage
and fearlessness.
Plate IV--The Philosophic or Venus Hand, has a long, thin, muscular
palm, with long, knotty fingers; indicates a student of nature and
searcher after truth.
Plate V--The Mercury or Artistic Hand, indicates quick temper,
impulsiveness; a character that is light-hearted, gay and charitable,
to-day; and to-morrow, sad, tearful and uncharitable.
Plate VI--The Lunar or Idealistic Hand, indicates an extremely sensitive
nature.
Plate VII--The Harmonic or Solar Hand, indicates a character of great
versatility, brilliant in conversation, and an adept in diplomacy.
The Fingers.
For fortune-telling the fingers from first to fourth are designated as
Jupiter, Saturn, Apollo and Mercury.
Note the cut on preceding page, representing the different types of
fingers, numbered from one to eleven.
1--Large fingers indicate a person of vulgar tastes and a cruel, selfish
disposition.
2--Small, thin fingers indicate a keen, quick acting mind and a person
not very particular about personal appearance.
3--Long, lean fingers indicate an inquiring disposition; love of details
in narrative; short fingers imply simple tastes and selfishness.
4--Fat fingers, largely developed at base, indicate sensualness; if
small at base, the reverse.
5--Smooth fingers indicate artistic ability.
6--Knotty fingers indicate truthfulness and good order in business
affairs.
7--Pointed fingers indicate a very magnetic and enthusiastic
personality.
8--Square fingers indicate a strong mind, regularity and love of good
order.
9--Spatulate fingers indicate a character of positiveness in opinions
and lacking in gentleness.
10--Fingers of mixed shape indicate a harmonious disposition, with
ability to easily adapt oneself to all conditions.
11--Obtuse fingers indicate coarse and cruel sensibilities.
The Phalanges of the Fingers.
See plate VIII, 1, 2, 3--The Phalanges of the Thumb: 4, 5, 6--Repeated
on each finger, indicate the phalanges of the four fingers.
The Mounts of the
