The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08
SHAKING HANDS.


From N. ti5p<s at Fa&hion.
Let die reader remember that there is
a wight aud wrong way of hand shaking.
1t is horrible when your unot1cndin@ dig
its are seized in the sharp compress of
kind of wise. and wrung and squeezed
until you feel as if they We're reduced to
Jelly. 1t is not less horrible when you
find them lying in limp nervcleSS clasp.
which makes no resi- onse to Your llca'ty
greeting. bu, chllS YOU like a lump g
ice. Shake hands aS il you meant it,
swiftly. StrSnuousl%, neither using an I'M
due pressure nor wholly >upine. You
may judge the character of i man from
the way in which he shakes hands; there
is the shake lympathic. the shake az
sressive, the shake supercilious, the shake
sympathetic, and the shake emotional.
Charles Lamb describes also the pump
handle shake, which is executed by TAX
ing friend hand and working it up and
down, through an arc of fifty degrees for
about u minnie and Il half. ITO show
its nature, force and character, this shake
should be performed with firm, steady
motion. No attempt should be made to
few instances in which the latter has
been tried have uniformly resulted in
! dislocating the shoulder Of the person on
, whom il has been attempted. Ga the
| contrary. persons who are partial to the
! pump-handlc shake should be nj some
| pains 10 give an agreeable. tranquil move
mcnt to The operation, which should on
no account be continued after pcrspirl-
! ton on the part oi your friend has COM
| menced.' Then there is the pendulum
| shake, which somewhat Assemblies the
| former; but. as its n"ine implies. the
movement is en- the horizontal instead Of
Il perpendicular direction. 1T is exc
Gated by swecpin" Your hand horizon
| tally toward your friends. and after the
| junction is effected moving with it from
one side to the other, according 70 the
! pleasure OF the PARTIES Nor must the
!
riveS its name from the instrument EN-
| ployed By surgeons 10 stop the circula-
| ton of the blood in a limb about to be
amputatcd. Ion grasp The hand Of your
| friend as far as You can III Your own. and
| then contract the muscles of your thumb,
fingers and palm till you have induced
! an\- ln.,rrn ,i rnn,urrSSinu 1-,D NAV mn,
pose in the hand of your friend. Par
ticular care ought to be taken, if your
! hand be hard and big and that Of Your
| friend small and soft as q maiden :. not
t. make use of the totuniqud shake to
I such Il degree that it will crash the small
| bones of the wrist out of their places.
1t is seldom safe to apply it to equity or
| hot-tempered persons.
\ on will see some persons thrust forth
| their hand with a sudden Jerk, like that
Of Il steam engine suddenly set in motion:
AMI 10, they have taken possession of
your own and are doing with i, as they
viii. before ycu have recovered breath.
Others put forward their fingers with
| apparent timility or reluctance. and COM
pei you to pounce down upon them and
draw them toward You III order to per-
form an effective shake. Others, again,
extend their hand timidly, partly with
draw it and again extend it. until you
are uncertain whether the hand-shak-
in will be performed after all. As 10,
the cnld-hloodcd creatures who austcrely
offer one OF two fingers. recommend
you to ignore them: look lcftiiy over
them, as If unconscious of their exist
cncc andthcir fingers. But when a lady
(and more particularlya fair omej does
YOU the honor to offer you her hand. take
it with an air of grateful Difference, which
will show how You appreciate the honor
do not drop it instantly as if the touch
scared you, nor hold on so long as tC
cause her feeling of uneaSuesS.