FH Townsend cartoons from Punch magazine

Glossomancy is the new science which enables you to read people's characters by the shape and size of their tongues. The above candidate for the position of parlour-maid is in the act of responding to an inquiry as to whether she is honest, industrious, good-tempered, truthful and obliging. There is fear that her action, though purely scientific, may prove fatal to the intelligent girl's chances.

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Glossomancy is the new science which enables you to read people's characters by the shape and size of their tongues. The above candidate for the position of parlour-maid is in the act of responding to an inquiry as to whether she is honest, industrious, good-tempered, truthful and obliging. There is fear that her action, though purely scientific, may prove fatal to the intelligent girl's chances.