Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

Photoplay Magazine — Advehtising Section The Story Your Hands Tell (Continued from page jo) so much the same shape on both si(ks that it is hard to see the first joint. This would be, under other circumstances, a very sure sign of the lack of consideration for others, but the rest of the hand has so many signs of being easy-going and of having a good temper, that this would probably be a wrong diagnosis. The exceedingly well padded ridge just below the fingers is still another sign of easygoing self-indulgence. This person would not be too fond of hard work. The best feature of the hand, after its sign of nonirritability, is its appreciatively artistic first and fourth fingers, but they set at rather a questionable angle. No. 7 represents the executive or business type in the proportions of the whole hand, with decided leanings toward the artistic and constructive in the shape and unequal length of the fingers. This is the hand of an energetic executive, with force, imagination, resource and ability, but with very few illuS'ons. The fingers are better than the palm, for they indicate many qualities that are not easy to find in the hand of the average administrator of large affairs. They show an appreciation of color and texture in fabrics, for instance — a love of really good workmanship, which is also rare in this type of hand. The palm is strong in structure and gives evidence of a good constitution, but it also shows the strain of a continued sedentary life. It is a gifted hand but to certain extent a self-indulgent one, not worrying much about the man next door, rather impatient of ordinary restraint. The hand of No. 8 is very unusual in its wedge-like shape ; the palm is wide and thick at the heel and narrows down very sharply toward the fingers. They are wide at the top and narrow at the tips making the palm look astonishingly heavy. If it is natural for the thumb to stand out at this sharp angle it is a very self-centered hand. Even without the thumb and notwithstanding its fineness or line and its delicate fingers, the hand is a very wi'lful one. Ambition is its ruling note, and behind it is the driving power of that big palm. While it shows great physical stamina it leads me to suspect tendencies toward melancholia. It is a hand that would gain its point in many ways, by tact one day and force of will the next for her mind is very acute and her force of will overpowering. She never fears to face an issue or to force it. Intelligence makes for a fine hand rather than any physical gift. You will not find a good one on a stupid person. Some of the best ones I have ever seen have been on laborers. The dirt of toil could not obscure the character lines on No. g. Their owners may have lacked a finished education, but the character was there. These in photograph No. Q arc fine examples of what a good workingman's hand is like. It is fir^t of all, good tempered. In fact, it almost smiles at you. It has nothing to hide. It has a fine sense of order and proportion. It b.as nervous and physical strength enough for the day's task and some left over. It goes about its work earnestly, patiently, accurately. It has time for a good-nalured joke with everybody. It has a fine sense of responsibility, and it is more than ordinarily kind to children. It is not the hand of a Rolshevik, and can still turn in an honest day's work without losing its self-respect. No. 10 shows astonishing driving power. It would be a great hand to entrust with the accomplishment of difficult and complicated tasks. It has unlimited self-confidence, and sturdy, aggressive ability. It is not the hand of a person with great vision, but the kind that gets down to brass tacks and does the work before it without fuss or feathers. All things being equal, it is a good tempered hand, with no irritability in it. Although kind enough, this hand seems somewhat lacking in regard to the feelings of others. There are two reasons for this, one of them being that he would get too much engaged in plowing ahead to have time to think of the other fe'low's feelings. And the other rea son would be that his own self-confidence would lead him to think his own opinion best in nearly every case, and the signs of this are the finger tips that do not taper down quite enough, and the thumb that i^ too thick just before it begins to turn at the first jo-nt. Of course, it is a weakness to underestimate the other fellow, but as I said before, this man is a marvel at getting things done, and in the end he will win out, foi with the passage of time he will be more and more willing to study and learn from others. Hand No. ii has a combination of good qualit'es that would be hard to beat. A lonp; thumb — decision; a wide, deep palm — stamina; long unequal length, big fingers — brains, imagination and a touch of philosophy. There is beside in this hand something that leads you to think that he would have a fine sense of his moral obligations. This mnn would fight for a square deal for himself and get it. If you don't believe it, loo'c again at his thumb. But he would be jun as quick to put up a fight to give the other fellow an equally square deal. He would be a man of very decided opinions but of real vision. Interested in literature and the arts, successful in business, surrounded with loyal friends, the world is a very pleasant place in which to live. "The Pessimist" By Chester H. Thompson BEHOLD, I come with palsied hand And grimace on my face ; For know ye I'm the Pessimist, Accursed of all the race. I poison every thing that's good, I crab where e'er I go. And now I've found a virgin field, It is the Picture Show. 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