Show I 1 Character Read by thumb la said to be the surest indication ot character the gypsies have always recognized the thumb as the most important in denoting special tendencies these people are the most intuitive on earth and they often condne their fortune telling to the thumb alone medical science attaches great importance to what la known as the thumb centre in the brain and this Is a tact also recognized by all surgeons surse ons II 11 Is a tendency toward paralysis tha physician notes it in the thumbs long before the malady shows itself elsewhere an operation to avert the calamity if possible Is frequently performed on the thumb centre of the brain and the thumb la watched tor favorable or otherwise it Is a matter of record that the thumbs of and those mentally weak are undersized characterless and usually cling close to the hand there have been books written on signs in the thumbs as denoting criminal instincts and detectives have often been moved to consider seriously this phase of the hand in making their deductions in puzzling cases favorably Favo rabla or unfavorable tendencies are denoted by the position of thea thumb in relation to the rest of the hand it it is bound to the first finger at a close angle lying nearly parallel it indicates a weak lajia cowardly nature keople with such thumbs are not open and granli in character to cheop along in the and by an others enterprise if in connection with this position it should be very small with vacillating al most invisible joints t indicates mental weakness if on the contrary it flies out at right angles or even further it shows want of balance in another direction the person will rush to extremes and is independent and aggressive almost to fool hardiness such people are disagreeable to associate with in any enterprise as they always want their own way and are not subservient to the well balanced thumb aes ues at an tingle of about forty five degrees the first finger the joints ot the thumb also tell their story the limber jointed thumb which turna back from the hand la a misfortune to its owner he will never be rich by saving his earnings and if a fortune should be left to him he would soon run through it he la a spendthrift by nature not only in money but in thought it he gets a hobby he rides it to death ills policy in all the affairs of life will be it a little Is bood more will be better and if he doea not actually live out all hla impulses he will always fret in tho spirit and rebellious in restating his na ural tendencies the stable jointed thumb Is everything that Is the opposite to the first type and while people with these thumbs are not so companionable and helpful as the others they succeed by concentration and certain amount of selfishness they have the directness of purpose and the tenacity to carry to a successful issue reat enterprises they are stubborn material and resistless the chimpanzee which has the hand most nearly resembling sem bling the human shows the weakness and want of intelligence la its undersized short thumb and in the human race the lone thumb may bo taken as indicating the more intellectual nature the shorter the thumb the more brutal and passion governed the nature another feature which plays an important part Is the relative length of the joints the first indicates the will power the second denotes judgment reason i nd bostc and the third which controls he mount of venus indicates the affections and the love of fellow beings in a well balanced nature the first and second joints are about an equal length this indicates a wholesome adjustment between the judgment and the will it however he first joint la lonser than the second the will exceed the judgment and the person la likely to be stubborn and often t cag without reason or judgment when the second joint 1 longer a person plans better than bo executes |