Des Arc citizen., 1859-04-15
CATALOGUE OF THE RI0Us MODES OF SHAKING HANDS


 which deserves notice. It Is executed by taking your friends hand, and working 1t up and down. through an area of fifteen degrees, for about minute and half. To have it's nature, force and character, this shake should be performed with fair, steady motion. No attempt should be made to give it grace and stllless vivacity, as 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 contrary, persons who are partial to the pump handle shake should be at some pains to give an equable, tranquil move ment to the operation. which should on no account be continued after precipitation on the part of your friend has commenced.
 g. The pendulum shake may be nlen- toned next, as being somewhat similar in character; but moving, as the name indi- caes, in horizontal instead of perpendic- uIar direction. It is executed by sweeping your hands horizontally towards your friend s and after the junction IS effected, rowing with it, from one side to the other, according to the pleasure of the parties. The only caution in its use, which needs particularly to be given, is not to insist on performing it in plane, strictly parallel to the horison, when you meet with per- son who has been educated to the pump handle shake It is we'll known that peo- pie cling to the forms in which they have been educated even when the substance Is sacrificed to adherng to them. 1 had two Iuncles, both estinable men, one of whom had been brought up in the pump handle shake, and another had brought home the pendulum from foreign voyage. They met, joined hands, and attempted to put them in motion. They were neither of them feeble men. One endeavored to pump and the other to paddle; their faces rcddened the drops stood on their fore heads. And it was at least apeasant a H. Iustration the doctrine of the compost ton of forces, to see their hands slantlng into an exact diagonal; in winch line they ever after shook; but it was plain to see there was no cordiality in it; and, as is usually the case with compromises, both parties were discontented.
 8. The tourniquel shake is the next in importance. It derives its name from the ins,rumen, made use of by surgeons to stop the circulation of the blood in limb about to be amputated. It is performed by clasping the hand your friend as far as you can in your own, and then con- tractlng the muscles of your thumb, fingers and palm, till you have induced any de- gree of compression you may propose in the hand of your friend. Particular care ought to be taken, if your own hand IS as hard and as big as frying pan, and thai of your friend as small and soft as young maiden's not to make use of the tourni- quet shake to the degree that will force the sma! bones of the wrist out of place. It Is as seldom safe to apply il to gouty persons. A hearty young friend ot mine, who had pursued the study of geology and acquired an unusual hardness and strength of hand and wrist by the use of the ham. mer, on returning from scientific excur sion, gave his gouty uncle the "tourniquer shake with such severity as had well nigh reduced the old gentleman's fingers te powder;for which my friend had the pleas ure of being disinherited-as soon as hi: uncle's fingers got well enough to hold a pen.
 4. The cordial grapple is shake o some interest. It is hearty, bolsterou agitation of your friends hand, accompa
 nied with moderate pressure and loud cheerful excIamations of welcome. It i an excellent travelling shake, and wei adapted to make friends. It is indiscrim
 nately performed.
 ,. The Peter Grievous touch is oppos ed to the ''cordial grapple." It is pen
 sive tranquil junction, followed by mil
 subsutory motion, cast down look, an' , an inarticulate inquiry after your friend
 health.
 6. The prude major and prude mino are nearly monopolised by ladies. The, cannot be accurately described, but ar !, constantly to be noticed in practice. The never extend beyond the fingers, and tn prude major allows you to touch them on 7 to the second joint. The prude mino 2 oives you the whole of the fore fingel s Considerable skill may be shown in pei : forming these with nice variations, such a , extending the Jeff hand instead of the righ