The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-08-18
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Labonehere'a Experience with lsnes--A A
Matter la Whieh Extremes arqfabe
Avoided.

rather not shake hands with every
body and am quite sure a good
many people would rather not shake
hands with me. Then why DO we
do II ? II Il Just one Of those unwrlt
ten laws which might with, advan.-
age, often be more honorcd In tho
breach than In the observance Just
a matter In which people trust their
instincts, aRd In which their instincts
are really not 10 bo trusted. am
dead against the current frequency Of
hand shaking In society. Jones drops
In for an afternoon call he does
not really want Ia see mc don't
really want 10 see Jones when re
comes / shake hands with him, more
or less ] hate Jsnos' hand, because
it Is always damp; Jones knows that
Us we'll as l do, and sometimes offers
me his hand glsved--but detest a
gloved hand. / had rather not shake
hands at all. II / must do 80, I will
do so at once, aud no more no one
hut "a lover wants 20 shake hands
mere than once In five minutes. But
Jones has q detestabl0 habit of ling
ering on hp way out. lie gets mp
to go. ! give him my hand. It's
over. No It's not. A picture catch.
es his eye. lie turns aud says with
u sImper ''C'pI,al portrait,
'pon my word !" "Ye-ras," I say,
ha.f accompanying him TO the door.
"Wh0's it by o. "0-by-Smear-
EN-, II. a." '.Dsar me. He painted
-a-w;io did he paint % Don't
know ; he paints everbody-paints
himself" "RealIy y-a-good-by ~
Shakes hands again but before he
has got through the door, he remem-
bers a message from his wife. Pll
see him out no shan't get into the
room again. so iato the room
again. I 90 into the passage with
him. accompany HIN 70 the door.
He shakes hands again al tho door
There ought 10 be some rule about
this. II should ba understood that
once Is enough 10 one visit. or course
know we often shake hands with
a man 10 finish ~ interview aud bow
him out. Well, that II for our own
convenience, although 1; dos sot al
ways Act-Just as mas's af.er.dinnei
speech Il sometimes applaudsi rap
turously In tho middle In order te
make him sit down. The people whs
shakes hands should consider theIl
way. | hate a msn, for instance,
who can't leave Off shaking hands
He begins so heartily you think hs
will soon be done. He relaxes hi,
grip, you attempt 10 withdraw but
tightens IL agsin he holds you In q
wise. You begin to shake him up
and down, when you suddenly fad
he has dropped your hand like hot
potato, and you are left shaking the
, air. This Is bad esough, but the
wooden shake Is almost worse. A
hand is stretched out, and you gel
nothing but the sensation OF bone
{ angular bone there Is no flesh and
< blood, no grip--it.e hand might be
D long to lay figure. don't want tC
j snake hands with lay figure. Their
| sbJect to the crusher. Ladies' suti
er more than gentlemen from thi
festive "bore,n because they wea
y more rings he seizes yeu impulsive
ly, and manages to crunch your fin
7 gers vertically one Oh top of the 9th
Q err You don't like to scream II y9l
o are girl, or show displeasure IL yel
t are man, but you are dreadful.
hurt, and you suffer what 'iMrs
o Camp called "all the tOrtures Of tn
imposition" from the oppressor's effu
q sive but iron grip. Then there
u the habby, pulseless shake whic
n means nothing, or means tyon ar
less than nothing to me, and l hope
am the same to you" am not S
u absurd as to suppose we can alway
?, regulate our hand-shaking by rule, {
d that our acts will always be indiciti
st tive OF our mood but / notice
rs good society growing tendency
q reduce Misunderstanding to minimu
and then make IL genuine AS far as
goes, but as formal as possible, an
/ think this step In the right dire
- tlon and worthy of initiation. Dee
y feeling will never fail to flnd fittin
- occasions, but the less importatic
. there Is Of spurious feelings and cffe
~ sive familiarity into what Is usual
y merely petite formality, the hette
= Tho damp-handed man should T
member tha: his hand is damp Il
in Habsy, irresolute creature should Il
" to improve his style Of grip the Ii
IN pulsive and muscular Christian shou
to recoIlect the agony of serunchs
he rings aud most people might
as less frequent aud more brief with a
unrInno In IA. ..inrnd ..,n. Oh nl-r hr,.