The Wilmingtonian., 1824-01-15
SHAKING HANDS.

u SHAKING HANDS.
/ The pump-Aandlp shakeis the first which
observes notice. 1t is executed by taking
Ia friends hand, and working it up and
down, through an arc of fifty degrees, for
about minute and half. To have its
mature, force, aud character, this shake
should be performed with fair and stea-
Idy motion. No attempt should be made
to give it grace. and still less variety, as
1.-THE few instances in which the latter has
been tried, have uniformly resulted in dis
locating the shoulder Of the person on
whom it has been attempted. On the con-
trary, persons who are partial to the pump
handle shake, should be at some pans to
give an equable, tranquil movement to the
Operation, which should on no account be
continued after perspiration on the part
Iof vour friend has commenced.
The pendulum shake may be mention
ed next, as being somewhat similar in cha.
|racter; but moving, as the name indicates,
10 horizontal, instead of perpendicular dl-
rcction. 1t is executed by sweeping your
hands horizontally towards your friends,
and after the junction is effected, rowing
with it, from one sidr to the other accord
ling to the pleasure of the parties. The
Irnly caution in its use which needs parti-
Icularly to be given, is not to insist on per-
forming it in a plane strictly parallel to
the horizon You may observe a person
that has been educated TO the pnmp-hnn-
liie shake, and another that had brought
home the pendulum from foreign voyage.
They met, Joined hands, and attempted to
Iput them in motion. They were neither
of them feeble men. One endeavoured to
bump, and the other to puddle; their fa-
ces reddened the drops stood on thell
Iroreheads; and it was at last pleasant
Illustration of the doctrine of the conpO
,ition of forces, to see their heads slant
ing into an exact diagonal, in which line
they ever after shook but it was plain II
See there was no cordality in it-and, as
usually the case with such compromises
Iboth parties were discontented,
The tourniquet shake is the next in i'm
portancc. 1t derives its name from the
INSTRUMENT made use of by surgeons tt
stop the circulation of the blood in the
limb about to be amputated. 1t is per
A. formed by clasping the hand of your frien'
as far as YOU can in your own, and thel
!, contracting the muscles of your thumb
~ fingers, and palm, till you have induced
any degree of compression ynu may pro
rose in the hand Of your friend. PART
cular care ought to be taken, if yonr han'
is as hard aud as big as a frying-pan, an'
II that Of your fricnds's as small and as sol
II as a maiden's, not to make use OF toar
Itaiqupt shake to degree that will shak
+ the small bones of the wrist ont Of thei
d places. 1t is seldom safe to apply il t
d gou,y persons. a hearty young friend
f. mine, who had pursued the study of gee
ii I!ogy, and acquired an unusual hardnes
n and strength of hand and wrist by the us
~ lnf the hammer, on returning from scler
IL tifc excursion, gave his equity uncle tn
al Itourniquet shake with such severity, a
ne had we'll nigh reduced the old gentleman
d fingers to powder; for which my frien
o. had the pleasure of being disinherited, a
u soon as the old mans fingers got we'll eli
d. ough to hold pen.
The cordial grapple is d shake of som
A-interest. 1t is hearty boisternus shak
o, of your friends hand, accompanied wit
rg moderate pressure and loud reclamation
us of welcome. 1t is an excellent travelin
IS, shake, and we'll adapted to make friend
IL 1t is indiscriminately performed.
el. The Peter Grierous touch is opposed
the cordial grapple. It is pens've, tra'
quill, junction, followed by mild subsu
tory motion, cast-down look, and an il
ON Iartlcu'ate inquiry afteryour friends hea't
18th The prude major and prude minor
ur- nearly monopolize'i by ladies. They ca
nd not be accurately described, but are CO
ers stantly to be noticed in practice. Th
nd never extend beyond the fingers and I
ers prude major allows you to touch the
led down to the second joint. The prude II
Gu nor allows you the whole of the fling,
the Considerable skill may be shown in ps
ab forming them with nice variations, su
rem as extending the left hand instead of t
ely, right, or stretching new glossy kid glo
the over the finger you extend.
om- Imight 70 through a long list, of
the grippe royal, the sa,C-nin shake, and
wife shake with malice prepense; but they q