The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-02-17
SHAKING HANDS.

Let ,he read4r remember that there
Is right anA wrozs ~ay Of haad-shak-
ing. Is is horrible when soEr uRsf-
fsnding digIts are seized ia the sharp
compress ei kind Of yisc, and wrurg
and squeezed until you feel IS If ;ley
we're reduced to jelly. II IS net less
horrible when yoI ind them lying In
a limp, nsrveless clasp, which makes
10 response to your hearty greeting,
bat chills yen like lump OF ies.
Shake hands as if you meant il, swift
ly, strenuously and couTteously, neither
neither using an undue pressure nor
falling wholly supine. Yon may judge
sf the character 81 man from the way
IN which he shakes hands; Iaexe is the
shake lymphatic, the shake aggressive,
the shake suPercillious, the shake
sympathetic, and the shake emotional
Charles Lamb describes also, pump
bandel shake, which is executed bv
taking friends hand and working it
mp and down, through an arc Of fifty
deg ees, for about a minute and half
ITO show lis nature, force, and
character, this shake should be per
formed ~i;h firm and steady motion.
No attcmp. should be made to give it
grace AID still less variety, as the few
instances in which the latter has been
tried have uniformly resulted In dislo
ca.idg tho shoulder OF the perssn On
whom it has bso2 attempted. Oa the
contrary, persons whs are partial TO
the pump-handle shake should be at
some pains to give an agreeable, tran
quill movement on the operation. which
should on no account be continued
after perspiration on The parI OF your
friend has commenced" Then t<Ge
is ths pendulum shake which 81,
what resembles the former; but as its
name implies, the movement is in
horizontal in;s'ead of perpendicular
direction. 1t Is executed by sweeping
your hand horizontally toward yoar
friends, AMI after the junction is sf
fect.d, moving with it from one side
to the other according to the pleasure
Of the parties' Nor must the tourIi-
quet shake BE- forgotten, which derives
It's name from the instrument employ-
sd by surgeons to stop the circslation
of the blood In limb about TO be
amputated. You grasp the hand of
your friend ss Tar rs you can IN your
own, and then contract the muscles of
your thumb, fingers AID palm tiil you
have induced any degrees IF compression
vou may propoSa ia the. hand of your
friend Particular care ought to- be
taken, if your hand be hard aud big
and that cf your ftie3d small aud seft
as a msiden's not TO make use Of the
tourniauet skske to such degree that
] it will crush the small bosses Of the
wrist out of their places. Is is seldom
safe to apply it 10 eouty or hs'-tsmper-
ed persons.
You will see soma peraons thrust
iorih their band with "A sudden jerk
like that ef steam engine suddenly
set in u ation; and 10, tAsy have taken
possession If yoar own and arc. deing
with it as thsy viii before you have re-
covered breath. Others put forward
their fingers with an apparent timidity
er reluctance, and compel you to
psupcs upon them and draw them
toward you, in order to perform an eff
festiYe shake. Others, again, extend
their hand timidly, partly withdraw it,
and again extend it, until you are an
certain whether or no the act Of hand
shaking will be performed af,er all. As
fer the celd-blsoded creatures who
austcrely offer one or two fingers, /
recommend you to ignore them; look
loftily over them as if unconscious of
their existence and-their fingers.
But when lady land more particularly
fair one) does you the honor to offer
her hand, take il with an air of CRATE
full deferense which will show how you
appreciate the homer; do not drop it
instantly as if the touch scared you,
nor hold it so lcng as to cause her a
feeling of uneasiness.