CHARACTER-READING BY BOOTS AND SHOES.
Palmistry, phrenology. graphology. and all the other methods of judging character seem destined henceforth to take second place to cothurtiology the science of worn boots.
According to Dr. (Jarre. of Ba-I.\ worn slims give far nioiv reliable indications than the lines of the hand, the features of (he face, or tlic style of the handwriting.
If heel aud sole of the shoe are equally worn after two months' weay. the weaver is an energetic business man, a trustv employee, or ;in excellent wife or mother. If the sole is worn on the outer edge the wearer has a marked tendency for adventures, or » hold, obstinate spirit. if the wearing is on the inside edge |t is a sign 0 f im-solution and weakness in a man, modesty in a woman.
Dr. Carre has put his views to prae tie;;! test, and on one occasion. havin«> closely observed n stranger entering hi" hoiwe, noticed -that his shoes were won on the outer edge, the tip of the gnie being roughened, while the rest was still •lew.
He was convinced that the man before lum was a scoundrel, and on Ui« voy u 'ft iIIP uas arrested for
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 75, 24 April 1909, Page 3
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201CHARACTER-READING BY BOOTS AND SHOES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 75, 24 April 1909, Page 3
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