, 1881-10-30
SHAKING HANDS.

Right and Wrong Ways of Performs
| In: an ImportnMt Social Function.
Gt1ss Of FaShien-
Let the reader rem melubcr that there Is q
right and wrong way Of Misunderstanding.
1t is horrible when your nnolfendng dis1s
are seized in the Sharp compress OF ktnd OF
wise. anu wrt.ng and squeezed until you feel
as if they were reduced to Jelly. 1t is nos
less horrible when you ind them lying In a
limp, neryeless clasp. which makes no re-
sponse to your hearty greeting, but chills
you like 4 lump of ice. Shake hands as il
yum meant it, swiftly, strenonsly, and courte-
ously, neither using an undue pressure nor
falling wholly supine. You may judge Of
the character of q man from the way in
which he shakes hands; there is the shake
fymphatic, the shake aggressive, the shake
supercilious, the Shake imperative, the shake
s .spicious, the shake sympathetic, and The
shake emotional. Charles Lamb describes
: alsot the punlp~handie shake. which is e1-
ecuted BY taking friend S hand and work.
Hng it up and down, through all arc Of tftJ
degrees. for about a minute alit a haif. ~
ITO show lis nature, furce, aud character,
this shHke should be performed with tl1n
ant steady MOt1Dn- No attempt should %
as the few INSTANCES in which the latter Las
been tried have uniformly resulted Ill atls!o'
eating the shoulder Of the person on whom
it has been attempted. Gu the contrary, per-
sons who are partial to the punlp-handla
shake should be at some pains to give an il
agreeable tranquil movement to tue Opera
ton, which should on no account be con-
tinued after pcrspiratlon OIL tile pa1t VI your
friend has conllucnceh." Then there IS 5ne
pendulum shake which somewrat resembles
the forn1er; hut as its name implies, ina
movement is III a horizontal instead OF 3
perpendicular direction 1T Is eNecutea ~
sWtepll1. .Jonr hand horizontally toMa1a
your friends, and after the junction is effect
according to the pleasure OF the parties" nor :
must the t"nrni4tet shake be foEgc:leh'
which derives its nan,e from the ifa5tlu-
lnrnt employed By surgeons to stop the eil-
cu!ation of tue blood in limb apont ~ ..uc 70
amputated. You grasp the hand OF yous
friend as far rs you can i'll yuur own. an am1
then contract the uisclts of your fnnDlu,
tlnse.s anu palm till you have indIceo ang
degree Of compression you MAY propose -
the hand Of your friend. Particular cary :as
ought to be takc,l. If yo,lr hand be hard ard
biz anti tint of your friend small and solt
!: Maitlen's, not to make use Of the toNr't,s j.
r'tet shake to such degree that 1t VIII ctn5r n;
the small homes Of the wrist out OF l1e1a
places. 1t is seldom safe to apply 1t to gontS
or hol-tenpered persons. ~
You will Sae sUNle persons thrust loi1a !
their halut with 4 sudden jerk like TINT o. =, =
steam engine suddenly SIT ilt motion: anu ~
are doing with it rs they will, before Ion I,
have recovered breath. Others put iorN:1lo
their fingefs with III apparent tlm,dits ~ T.
reluctance, and compel yon to poulict hpt,s VI q
perform III effective shake. Others, asnlna,
extend their hand tiulidly,. partly. "ltn, ar =
draw it, and again extend it, until Iou =.
au: uncertain whether OF no LIZ aet ~ y: &
)land-s!AsinS vii! be performed a1tel an.
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