San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-10-20
SHAKING MANDS.
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taat seeisl Function.
From the Glass OF Fashion.

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From the Glass Of Fashion.
Let the reader remember that there
is right and wrong way Of hand-shak-
ing. II is horrible when your unofFend-
ing digits are seized in the sharp COM
press of kind of wise, aud wrung and
squeezed until you feel as il they were
reduced to jelly. It is not less hovri-
BILE when you find them lying in a limp.
nerveless clasp, which makes no re-
Spouse to your hearty greeting, but
clills you like a lump Of ice. Shake
hands as il you meant it, swiftly, siren
uously and courteously, neither using
an undue pressure nor falling wholly
supine. You might Judge Of the char
acter of q man from the way in which
he shakes hands; there is the shake
lymphatic, the shake aggressive, the.
shake supercilious, the shake impera-
tive, the shake suspicious. tho shake
sympathetic, and the shake emotional.
Charles Lamb describes also the pump
handle shake, which is executed by TAX
ing q friends hand and working it up
and down, through an arc OF fifty de-
grees, for about minute and a half.
"To show its nature, force and charac-
ter, this shake should be performed
with firm and steady motion. No at
tempt should be made to give it grace
and still less variety, as the few in
stances in which the latter has been
tried have uniformly resulted in dislo-
eating 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 agreeable, tranquil
movement to the operation, which
should on no account be continued after
perspiration on the part of your friend
has commenced" Then there is the
pendulum shake, which somewhat re-
sembles the former; but as its name inn
plies the movement is on horizontal
instead of perpendicular direction.
ut is executed by sweeping your hand
horizontally toward your friends, and
after the junction is effected moving
with it from one side to the other &C.
cording to the pleasure Of the partie."
Nor must the tourmiguet shake be for
gotten, which derives its name from
the instrument employed by surgeons
to stop the circulation of the blood in
limb about to be amputated. You grasp
the hand of your friend as far as you
can in your own, and then contract the
muscles of your thumb, fingers and
palm till you have induced any degree
of compression you may propose in the
hand of your friend. Particular care
ought to be taken, if your hand be hard
and big and that of your friend small
and soft as maiden's, not to make use
of the toatraaiquet shake to such a de-
gree that it will crush the small bones
of the wrist out of their places. 1t is
seldom safe to apply it to equity or hot
tempered persons.
You will see some persons thrust
forth their hand with a sudden jerk,
like that of a steam engine suddenly
set in motion; and 10, they have taken
possession of your own and are doing
with it as they will, before you have re-
covered breath. Others put forth their
fingers with an apparent timidity or re-
luctance, and compel you to pounce
upon them and draw them toward you,
in order to perform an effective shake.
Others, again, extend their hand tim
idly, partly withdraw it and again ex-
tend it, until you are uncertain whether
Or no the act of hand-shaking will be
performed after all. As for the cold
blooded creatures who austerely offer
one or two fingers, I recommend you to
gnore them; look loftily over them as
f unconscious of their existence and
their fingers. But when lady (and
more particularly fair one) does you
he honor to offer her hand, take it
With an air of grateful Difference. which
will show how you appreciate the honor;
10 not drop it instantly as if the touch
'cared you, nor hold it SO long as to
,ause her feeling of uneasiness.
A Large Blast.