Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1914 — PARISIANS HAVE NEW FAD [ARTICLE]

PARISIANS HAVE NEW FAD

Reading of Tongues Latest Thing In French Capital—Dangerous’to Stick It Out. Paris. —The latest fad among fashionable Parisians is having the tongue read. “Glossomancy,” as the new science is styled, is akin to chiromancy and graphology, and consists in having the character told by the shape and dimensions of the tongue. A long tongue shows frankness; a short one, dissimulation; a broad one, unreservedness; a narrow one, concentration. When the tongue is long and broad, it is a sign that itp owner is inclined tp gossiping; when it is long and narrow, that he is moderately frank and open. Those who possess a short and broad tongue are untruthful, and people should be careful of those whose tongues are short and narrow, for they are sly as well as bad-tempered. The new science makes sticking out the tongue not only bad-mannered but dangerous.