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CHARACTER AS SHOWN IN PALMISTRY. 

 A SiLuv DV A Masikr Palmist. 

 Mr. C W'ai.tkk Childe, who in liis youth was 011 

 the business staft' of the Rkview of Revie\v.s, has 

 blossomed out into an expert palmist. In T.P.'s 

 A/iigiizi/i,- for December he discourses learnedly on 

 "The Writing on the Hand," and illustrates his 

 lecture bv traciniis of the hands of the following more 



testify to the fact that the subject has not profited much in a 

 worMly sense from his many activities and enterprises, this 

 l)cing no doubt due to the fact lliat he has never commercialised 

 his talents or sought consistently to foUoiv any one particular 

 branch of work. The owner of such a powerful hand would 

 certainly be a law unto himself and quite unafl'eclcd by the 

 ordinary ups and downs of life. 



'I'lie shape of Bernard Shaw"s hand is not squire, as in tlie 

 case of Mr. Hall Caine, Mr. W. T. .Stead, and the majority of 

 the literary hands. It is what may be called the useful type. 



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or less notable persons whose palms he has been 

 permitted to read : — 



G. F. Watt^. 

 .•\ndrew Carnegie. 

 11. G. Sclfridgc. 

 J.icfc Johnson. 

 Sir W. K. NIcoll. 

 W. T. .Stead. 

 Hall Cainc. 

 .sir Gilbert P.irker. 

 Isr.icl Zanjjwill. 

 AVilliani Crooks. 

 General Booth. 



11. U. Irving. 

 William .-Xrclier, 

 \V. M. K'lisetli. 

 A. B. Walkley. 

 Harry I,au<ler. 

 (i. Bernard .Shaw. 

 \V. JJe .Morgan. 

 John Galsworthy. 

 Clara Butt. 

 Mark Hamlmurg. 

 key. K. J. <;ampbell. 



iiy [K'rmission of the editor of T./'.'s Miigiizinc 

 I rci)roduce the tracing of two han'ds, together with 

 Mr. Childe's exposition of iheir resemblances and 

 differences. 



Mr. Stead's hand is remarkable for il> size, thickness, and 

 yet shapeliness. It will be noticed that the head line crosses 

 the entire hand, and slopes towards the Mount of Moon, ivhich 

 is very strongly develo|ii<l, and indicates a strong leaning 

 towarils mysticism and im.iginalion. This tendency is further 

 emphasised by the short, smooth lingers. The thumb is an 

 exceptionally persistent ime, md, in combination with the pro- 

 tulicroncc of the Mount of Mars, indicates a man who would 

 never own defeat. The absence of the l',ite and .\pollo lines 



denoting great .adaptability, excessive versatility, and almost n 

 Ijutterfly nature. The umisual strength of the thumb, together 

 with the prominence of the .Mount of Mars, resembles similar 

 indicationsjn the hands of .\lr. W. T. Stead. 



The lint" of he.ad, as will be seen, rises just inside the life 

 line, and, as already noted, is both long and zigzaggy. This 

 denotes, as have other indications alre.idy alluded to, great love 

 of change and contention, in addition to the dramatic bent. 

 The strong fourth linger ilcnotcs the fluent speaker and writer, 

 while the even balance of the others denotes a man who would 

 be disposed to follow his natural bent, irrespective of profit or 

 loss. 



The evidence afforded by these delineations as to 

 the truth of palmistry would have been more con- 

 vincing if Mr. Childe had not known whose hands 

 they were whose characters he had to describe. 



• l.s the perfection of our characters lies the salva- 

 tion of our souls. This is the true Gospel. Salvation 

 is the work of the world, and we must work it out to 

 its perfect finish before tribulation can cease." So 

 dogmatically opens a pajjer in East aiiJ IVest for 

 November. The reader may be disposed to ask. 

 How are we to attain to llie perfection of character ? 

 There's the rub ! 



