Show PALMISTRY IN THE FAR EAST thumb Is called the great finger in japan and china servants use finger points the chinese and japanese call the thumb I 1 the great finger and connect it with N ith one s ancestors our index fin ger Is with v itla them the head or man pointing ringer finger and has ha 9 to do with the father the middle or longest finger belongs to the mother while hile the next or 01 nameless name lebs finger Is the property ol of sweethearts and wives the westerns we estern sterns have chosen this linger finger too for the wearing iNe arang of the wedding ring the little finger concerns our descendants and posterity the ball ot of the thumb the ce lebrat ed mount ot of venus according to palmists pal mists the world over retains its qualities appertaining to sensuous sensual and mundane matters with the japanese hand readers too both japanese and chinese servants in signing and sealing agreements with their masters moisten their linger finger points with ith ink and press it on the paper As a means of iden city or personal sign manual these finger prints appear to haie been long ion 9 known in the east it Is therefore nc burp surprise rise to find that japanese palm ests in addition to examining the lines ot of the open palm extend their inquiries to the pore patterns pit teras on the tb e tips of the fingers and thumbs |