® By LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG, A.B, M. A, M. D. (Johns Hopkins) NOLOMON was not the only man who could give 8 Judgments of character by the hands. It will be =. Temembered that he decided which were and which were not boys by the way in which the hands were washed. The girls washed all the way up thelr Arms. Needless to say, the boys, by washing only to thelr wrists, verified little Johnnie's definition of water 28 "a white lquid which turns black when you wash your 'hands in it." Although many men can tell a dyer from a doctor by the difference in stains on their hands, a certain Justice could not. The dyer, in court, was ordered to hold up his hands. They were 50 black that the Judge, a very ted man, said: d, take off your gloves." To which the dyer: replied, "T will not have to, if Your Honor puts on his spectacles!" The indigos and other colors used by the dyer stain bis hands woefully and thus lead to an easy recognition of his occupation. A doctor's finger nalls are rather grayish-black, because he must so often, day in and day ont, dip his fingers into germ-killing solutions which contain mercury, permanganate of potash or other poisons, which leave their marks on the nails. Chauffeurs and machinists also have most character. istic hands, which could not possibly be mistaken for those of clergymen or lawyers. Their nails ars usually Six Hands That Betray the Clidralitirs' or ir Octiipatidng of Their A~--Stubby Thumb--a Sunve, Cunning Individual. B-- The Symmetrical Hand--a Person of Genius. C--Long, Ta omer pering orefinger--the Ambitious Egoist. D--Callous Spots on Finger Tips of Left Hand--the Player of Stringed Instruments. F--Blocked, Square-Looking Hand--the Good Business Man. black and grimy, emitting odors of lubricating oils or gasoline, There Is no mistaking them. Women who do much housework and fail to follow sensible beauty advice, exhibit hands that are red, swollen and rough, with nails split and grained. This is by no means necessary and only shows how tradi- tion rules the home as well as Nigh places. Cornmeal starch and gelatin or glycerine worn inside cotton gloves will protect a woman's hands so well and keep them so soft, white and delicate that even the most acute "reader of hands" will mistake their possessor's occupation. The newspaper mun and author who do not use type- wiiters or dictaphones in. their work have hands that are wholly different from those of typists, bookkeepers, artists or envelope addressers. Upon examination hard callous flesh or "corns" are commonly visible at the side or in front of the forefluger. If this is absent there is usually a layer of black carbon from the "lead" of the pencil. Inveterate cigarette smokers are somewhat similarly marked upon the fingers with the lemon yellow stains of the volatile oils--often mistakenly blamed on the nicotine--of the cigar ette tobacco. Cigar smokers can also be distinguished--not by the color on their fingers, but by the thick heavy odor which hangs about the hands. A musician's hand is unmistakable, and the trained observer cannot only read in it his love for music, but can tell on which instruments he per- forms. of the fingers--if he be a pianist-- there are little raised lumps, caused by the pressure of the curved fingers against the keys. If he be a player of only stringed instruments the tips Why GOOD, RICH FOOD Is Really the CHEAPEST This is because at the ends " HE housewife who buys all the cheap cuts of meat, the poorest grades of ' groceries, makes her family skimp on the butter and bakes one-egg cakes is a poor economist. In long run her bills will amount to even more than the housewife who uses plenty of butter and eggs and gives her family the best of everything and in an unlimited quantity. A clever boarding-house keeper once sald that she filled her guests or boarders up when they first arrived upon the best of food and gave them plenty of it because when they were once well fed they ate less and thus sgved 'het axpense, while if she kept them Balt fed from day to day they were always hungry and really cost her more in the long run. No one can eat as much rich food as he can plain cheap food. The rich food soon katisfies and gives one that "chuffy" feeling, but cheap plain food must be taken in much larger Quantity to prodv-. a well-fed condition. The average person will care for only one piece of good rich cake, but one plece of a cheap good cut. People who eat cheap food are constantly eating between meals because they never are well fed and quite satisfied. Therefore they spend many a penny on candy and bakery dainties which would be better if used upon+the table and for the benefit of the whole family. The housewife who provides thres good, nourishing meals a day does not need to worry about what the children shall eat between meals or whether her husband will have to drink beer or other stimulants. The child who eats good rich food at his meals is healthier and the man who is properly fed is not so likely to crave alcohol. Those who build up their systems with rich filling food seldom have rundown systems or need to go to'the doctor for a stimulating Jron-giving tonic: If more money were put into the table less would go to the doctor and druggist. It is no exaggeration to say that the man or woman who Is fed upon good rich food is better able to hold his or her position, because one who Is well fed is better able to do his work and not half so cress or irritable. the lives of her husband and children and makes it twice as hard for them to compete with the rest of the world. While nich food seems to be more expen- sive and does actually cost more money at the time of buying, it really is cheapéF when the total average of the week is taken. While It may cost more to buy a big roast than a cheap cut of meat the roast will last longer and can be made into hash long after the cheaper cut has been exhausted and several other cheap meats purchased. While the housekeeper who buys expensive meat seems to spend a great deal more she does not make as many trips to her butcher prebably or really give him as much money as the house. keeper who buys a little every day.. In a family where cheap food is consumed the bread bill is always enormous, because a large quantity of bread fis required "to fill up." Nothing fs ever left to "make over" or to serve for the next day's luncheon. We all know it 1s much cheaper to buy food Poor economist but she throws a shadow upon 2 of the fingers of the left hand will have hard raised callous spots where the wire strings have cut against the fingers so persistently that nature has been forced to supply a cushion of hard flesh as protection. The peculiarities of various occupations, such as dough-mixers, bakers, bricklayers, cooks and eafe keepers are always shown in the hands. And there are definite sizes and forms of thumb, fingers, palm and the whole hands which point out of endeavor, for which a person is best fitted. In other words, the character of a man is well shown in his hand. A stumpy, stubby thumb indicates a suave, smooth, Pecksniffiap cunning. A thumb that is long points to _ good moral and mental fibre. President Wilson has such a thumb. When it forms an acute angle to the hand, that is to say, does not stand out too far, it is proof that an efficient, vigorous, energetic nature is bac' of it. Carelessness, extravagance and an all too. "good- natured" generosity often accompanies a medium sized thumb, that flares out widely from the forefinger. A highly emotional, temperamental disposition associates itself very frequently with a thumb that is round and full beyond its last joint and near the nail. The hand of the good business man is prone to be anything but tapering. The thumb and fingers are al- most cuboid at the ends. Even the hand itself inde- pendent of the fingers has a blocked, square look. This hand points to acquisitive powers, such as hold- ing on to money, business and home. The owner of such a hand is punctilious, precise, business-like and deliberate. He is not brilliant, rarely dresses in fashion or keeps up with new ideas or changes. He obeys the old order of things and sticks close to what he has learned to be profitable com- mercially. Doctors, as well as business men, are re- 'eruited from such individuals. The individual who has a hand that is symmetrical, with the forefinger less than a quarter of an inch below the end of the middle finger and the ring finger even a fraction longer thay the forefinger, but less than a pall length below the middle, and whose little finger is over half an inch below the ring finger, is apt, it his fingers are neither clubbed, squared, or pointed, but prettily rounded off, to be original, belligerent, critical, imaginative, creative and -restless.. Explorers, da. coverers, research workers, inventors, great editors, generals, circumnavigators, and other men of genius have hands of this type. Strictly artistic temperaments may accompany physiques that support comical fingers and thumbs. There is some evidence that their possessors have wills none too strong. Both Stanford White and Harry Thaw were said to have these round-head fingers. Com- bined with firm flesh and even texture, they are to be met with in poets, musicians, painters and architects. If the skin is flabby and loose at the joints there is a likelihood of disease or criminal tendencies, At all events, it means poor judgment, faulty Feasvpng ora weak will. Very versatile, unstable and erratic persons may have hands that have all varieties of fingers. On the other band, all club-shaped fingers are symbols of ill health, inefficiency, lack of endurance and want of vitality. They are a pretty sure indication that special medical treatment is needed. Ambitious, power-seeking, egotistic men, who crave fame, publicity and public discussion, have pointed, tapering, long forefingers, which fall but little short of the middle fingers in length. If this finger is very short, spade-like and flat it means notoriety, instead of fame, obnoxiousness and bumptiousness, 'in leu of commendable ambition. a Brillianey of intellect and conspicuous originality are found in persons with hands whose palms are as broad as they are long, with a gentle, undulating convexity upon three equa] sides and the slightest concavity on the thumb side. The thumb itself leaves this palm at an angle only slightly less than a right angle. When all is said and done, neither of those too much discredited superstitions, "palmistry" nor "mind read- ing," yields anything like the knowledge of a person's character and occupation which observatigns of the hands do. BRUSH Your TEETH--NOT Your GUMS breadiike cake would be only an aggrava- tion. And the woman who buys small cheap cuts of meat has more bone and other waste to throw away than the one who selects a School children who have .the highest grades are those who are fed upon the best food. The housewife who feeds he* family upon cheap, unnourishing food stuffs is not only a in large quantities, to buy potatoes by the barrel instead of by the quart, to buy flour and sugar by the sack instead of by the pound. In the same way it is cheaper to buy rich good food instead of plain cheap food. ERE are two sure ways of' doing serious damage to your teeth. One is by neglecting to brush them, the other is by brushing them in the - How Many SCHOOLS MAKE CHILDREN CRIPPLES school ventilated, and supplying of ing bodies. take pains to have our buildings lighted, well heated, well in other thoroughly healthful places. But there is one important point which is often overlooked. This is the desks at which the children ¢an work in comfort and without do- ing serious damage to their grow- size there should be desks which can he adjusted. to meet their par ticular needs. The most. common faults in school room furniture are the un- suitable shape of the backs of the Seats, too great distance bétween the seat and. the desk, dispropor- tion of the height of the seat and desk, and incorrect shape and slope of the desk. It is important that the edge of well ways seats and should be curved forward to sup- port the loins 80 that even a weakly child will find it easy and comfortable to sit upright. When a school room seat is too high the child does net touch the floor. He is most uncomfortable because he does not get the proper ald from the legs and feet in main- taining an upright position. hh the desk is too high the elbow can get no. rest excopt by. . qurving the spine and raising the shoulder. This also causes extra strain to the eyes by bringing the work too close. When the desk is too low the child has to bend over and will quickly become round shouldered. Bending over a low desk. also strains the eyes. and. compresses important veins in the neck so that serious brain troubles may follow. wrong way. When men, women and children with more zeal than discretion, apply a sti? brush end a coarse powder over the necks of the teeth they are sowing the seeds for a large crop of mouth troubles. Such a method of brushing the teeth frety the margin of the tender gum and forces it back. Soon the softer portion of the tooth above or below the enamel . border is exposed and may ulti mately become worn enough to form a deep V-shaped groove. The right way to hrush the teeth is to place the brush upon the gum, and with a haif-rotary motion, bring it perpendicularly upward upon the lower teeth, other is by brushing them in the downward on the upper teeth, in such a way as to avoid this danger of mischief which has just been described as possible in the cross. wise motion. With this motion of the brush, according to Dr. Charles A. Brack- ett, professor of dental pathology at Harvard, not only is no harm likely to come to the soft tissues, but the cleansing of the teeth will be much more efficient through the passing of the bristles of the rightiy-trimmed toothbrush be- tween the teeth, than could possi- bly be the case f the crosswise motion were used. The bristles of the brush should not be set together too compactly, and they may well be trimmed so as to give the a serrated face. brush ever, in many private out after use, frequently not wrung out at all, it is often Many children are hopelessly crippled with round shoulders, curvature of the spine and other deformities gE before they are ready to leave school because they have been forced to sit in {lift ting chairs and work at desks which are either too high or too low for them. The desks and seats in every school room should be adjustable. It is very wrong to make children of all sizes sit at desks of the same size. For boys and girls who wow I Shute the aver 8 Fu dem ; bath rooms. Imperfectly washed i Or a radiator near an open window, dust and dirt, Frequently the same sit gs the desk should. preject slightly over. the edge of the scat. The top of the desk should incline downward about tem degrees to- ward the seat and should be low enough to allow the forearm to rest on it without raising the shoulder. | The . seat should he broad enough to support almost the whole thigh and should be low enough to allow the sole of the foot to rest on the floor. It should be slightly concave to pre- vent slipping and horizontal THIS EARTH Is Very Much LIKE, A BUTTERNUT OLUMBUS compared the earth to an egg ana since his day it has been likened to : countless other things. The latest par- allel to be discovered by science is that which exists between the globe on which we live and i " i586 is Hp glee ob :