Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-19
Shaking Hands.

which deserves notice. 1t is executed
by taking a friends hand and working
it up and down and down through an
arc of fifty degrees for about n minute
and q half. 10 have its nature, force,
and character this shake should. be
formed with n fair and steady motion.
No attempt should be made t give il
grace, ard still less variety, as the few
instances in which the latter has been
tried has resulted uniformly in dislocat.
ing the shoulder of the person on
whom it has been attempted. On the
contrary, persons who arc partial to the
pump-handle shake should be at some
pains toglvc an equable, tranquil move
ment to the operation, which should on
no account be continued after perspira-
ton ON the part of your friend has
commenced. 4
The pendulum shake may be mem
toned next, as being somewhat similar
in character, but moving, US the name
indicates, in u horizontal instead of q
perpendicular direction. tits executed
by sweeping your hands horizontally
toward your friends, and after the june
ton is effected, rowing with it from one
side to the other according to the pleas
ure of the parties. The only caution
in it's use which needs particularly to
be given is not to insist on performing
it in a place strictly parallel to the hor-
lion. You may observe Il person who
had been educated to the pump-handle
shake, and another that had brought
home the pendulum from q foreign
voyage. They met, joined hands, and
attempted to put them in motion. They
were neither of them feeble men. Onl
endeavored to put and the other to pul
die; their faces redeemed, the DROPS
stood upon their foreheads, and it was
at last a pleasant illustration of the
doctrine OF the composition of forces to
see their heads slanting into an exact
diagonal. in which line they ever after
shook; but it was plain to see there
was no cordiality in it, and, as is usual
ly the case with such compromises.
both parties were discontinued.
The tourniquet shake is the next il
importance. 1t derives its name from
the instrument made use of by surgeon,
to stop the circulation of the blood il
in the limbs about to be amptated. j
is performed by clasping the hand Ct
your friend as far as you can in your
own, and then contracting the musclts
of Your thumb, fingers, and palm til
you have induced any degree Of con-
preston you may propose in the hard
of your friend. Particular are ought
to be taken, if your hand is as hard aud
as big as a frying-pan, and that of yolr
friend as small and soft rs a maidens,
not to make use OF the tourniQuet shale
to degree that will shake the small
bones of the wrist out of their PLACES.
1t is seldom safe to apply it to gorty
persons. A hearty young friend OF
mine, who had pursued the study OF
geology, and acquired an usual had
ness and strength of hand and wrist by
the use of the hammer, on returning
from a scientific excursion, gave Lis
uncle .(the equity one) the tourniqlet
shake With such severity as had we'll
nigh reduced the old gentleman's fling,
ers to powder, for which my friend had
the pleasure Of being d'sinherited as
soon ssas his uncle's fingers got vel
enough to hold a pen.
The cordial grapple is q shake of
some interest. 1t is a hearty. bolster
GUS shake Of your friends hand, accom-
panied VITA moderate pressure and loud
acclamations of welcome. 1t is al ex-
cellent travelling shake, and well adapt
ed to make friends; it is indiscrimi-
nately performed.
The Peter Grevious is opposed to the
cordial grapple. 1t is q pensive, tran
quill junction, followed by Il mild sub
sultoro motion, a castdown look, and
an i~narticulate inquiry after your
friends health.
The prude major and prude minor
are nearly monopolizcd by ladies. They
can not be accurately described, but are
constantly to be noticed in practice.
They never extend beyond the fingers;
and the prude major allows you to
touch them only down to the second
joint. The prude minor allows you the
whole of the finger. Considerable skill
may be shown in performing them with
left hand instead Of the right, or
stretching ~ new glossy kid glove over
the finger you extend. | might go
through a long list OF the grip royal,
the sawmill shake, and the shake with
malice prepense, but they are only fac
titious combinations OF the three funda-
mental forms already described, as the
pump-handle, the pendulum, and the
tourniquet. I should trouble you with
a few remarks in conclusion on the
mode of shaking hands as an Indication
of character, but as l see u friend COM
ing up the avenue who is addicted to
the pump-handle 1 dare not tire my
wrist bv further writing. - Chicago
Iribune.