1 - Thin lips.. betoken selfishness and cruelty.. their owner is a coquette.. skilled in the art of attraction and ensnarement.. and delights in tormenting hearts and breaking them..
2 - Arched lips: their owner is cunning and wily.. with a surpassing gift for devising tricks and arranging them.. and a fertile imagination for inventing tales and fabricating them..
3 - A drooping lower lip betokens a biting, critical tongue and a mocking nature.. one that has renounced life and turned away from its delights..
4 - If the upper lip is higher than the lower, this betokens a strong, masterful personality.. an active, industrious spirit, fond of inquiry.. with a passion for prying..
5 - But if the lower lip is higher than the upper, this betokens a shy, timid nature.. easily led, and possessed of a great deal of simplicity and naïveté.
6 - Large lips betoken a kind heart and a lofty, proud spirit.. generous, inclined to giving and bestowing.
7 - Lips turned upward betoken a merry, joyful spirit.. brimming
with optimism.. inclined to fancy, living in a world of ideals and dreams.
Our ladies may sometimes neglect the care of their fingernails, taking no interest in the cleanliness and polish of this important part of their hands, on the claim that these are parts that do not show and seldom catch a man's eye. This is a false claim, for the nails are the most important part of a woman's hand. Like an elegant gown on a beautiful lady, they lend the soft, delicate hand beauty and charm.
The expert, discerning man can, with a single glance at a woman's nails, discover something of her character and temperament — and at times the kind of work she does, if she has a particular occupation.
1 - Short nails: they show that you are quick of understanding and ready of wit. And if you have work you earn your living by, you are a writer at the typewriter (Typist).
2 - Very long nails: the owner of these nails, exaggerated in length to a hideous degree, is usually one of those affected women who lay claim to the "high life" and love display, and love to catch men's eyes by every means, lawful and unlawful.
3 - Trimmed nails, carefully polished, neither long nor short: the owner of this hand is usually a "respectable lady," careful of her elegance, attentive to every detail, small and great, of her appearance and bearing.
4 - Misshapen, short, bitten nails: they show that you are nervous of temperament, quick to agitation, short of patience, and without resource or guile.
5 - Nails polished hastily and without care: your motto is always "In haste lies safety" and "your time is gold," because you rarely find a full free hour to polish your