WHAT CAUSES THE LINES

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 5 June 1914, Page 8

WHAT CAUSES THE LINES

The lines on our hands we have from our birth. It is a mistake to think that they ara caused by manual work. In fact, as a rule, the working classes have fewer lines on their palms than the "idle rich." On the hand the lines are affected by mental causes, and can be developed to a considerable extent by mental exercise. In lunatics, as a rule, the lines on the palm are uncertain and indistinct. Selfish people, whose one aim is the gratification of their own needs, who are little impressed by the worries of those near and dear to them, show, as a rule, very few of the finer lines on their palms. DOES THE HAND RECORD THE PAST ? There is no doubt that a great deal of one's life history can be read by the hand, for great events and happenings have indelible marks upon it. Quite recently a sceptic in regard to palmistry was induced to consult a famous palmist. He did so in a spirit of derision, but his attitude was soon changed to one of awed .surprise. The palmist detailed events in his life which were known to himself alone. He had spent ten years of his youth in America. There he had married unhappily and divorced his wife. When he returned to England he determined to look upon that part of his life as a closed book, and so his friends over here, without exception, were ignorant of the fact that he had ever married. The palmist not only read about his marriage in his hand, but gave the exact year in i which it took place, the events which led to its dissolution. After this striking demonstration of the art of palmistry the sceptic was constrained to admit that "there was a great deal in it, after all." DOES THE HAND FORECAST THE FUTURE ? It is claimed by those who study palmistry that present and future events are portrayed on the lines of the hand in the same way as the ( past. A man's or woman's fate, the length of his or her life, whether happiness or unhappiness will come, whether he or she will be afflicted with illness or enjoy good health, success or failure in love, ambitions, or the amassing of wealth, whether friends will be false or true—all can be foretold. Guidance can be given also as to the right or wrong course to pursue in certain circumstances. Parents can be given excellent advice in regard to the best career for their sons to adopt, and in which walk of life they would be most likely to be successful. There are _ many striking instances on record of the fulfilment of the future as foretold by ths palmist. Of these perhaps the following authentic case is the most striking of all. A PROPHETIC OMISSION.

About four years ago two ladies, more from a spirit of diversion than from any other reason, deter- ] mined to consult a well-known pal- ' mist in London. The first lady was - thunderstruck by the accurate read- ' ing given of her past. She was pro- 1 mised.a happy future also, and the i palmist foretold many events which i have since come true. 1 The past of the second lady was ' read also, but the palmist refrained ] from saying anything about her fu- < ture. When asked why she did not ' prophesy in regard to this, sh« re- 2 plied : < "I can see no future in your hand." < Barely ten minutes afterwards the i lady whose hand portrayed no fu- 1 ture was run over and killed by a < motor-omnibus when crossing' the < Strand ! < Such tragic prophecies happily, as i a rule, are few and far between, f Few hand-readers will consent to ac- ' tually prophesy any probable disas- | 1 ter they may read on tha hand of j 1 the subject ; for they realize that i such a prophecy is apt to tell con- 1 siderably upon the subject's nerves, J and it is a well-known fact that i one can often fret oneself into a < trouble which could be otherwise avoided. In many instances, how- i ever, the palmist, while foretelling danger, has told how it could be 1 avoided, and advised a certain course j of action to follow in certain cir- 1 cumstances, which advice, when j adopted, has had excellent results. ( Facts have been given also in re- ; gard to the trustworthiness of I friends and the machinations of ene- i mies, which in almost every case ' have proved correct.—"Tit Bits." i |