The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-25
A MILLIONAIRE READING MEN.
He Learns the Character Of His Fell
low Beings by the Manner in Viii CHI
They Sit Down.
o.

He Learns the Character of His Fell
low Beings by the Manner in Viii CHI
They Sit Down.
From the Netc York Stor.
81 can read a mans character by the
manner in which he sits down in a chair. "
The man who made this assertion is one
whose opinion is greatly prizs I'D. He is a
self-made and a trust-made millionaire. His
offices are spacious, magnificently fur
uished, and he employs boy in buttons to
usher visitors into the private office.
That is to say, "Buttons" admits
the visitor whenever the mogul de-
cides to grant an audience" l had the
distinguished honor, the other day, of being
admitted to the presence of the self
manufactured gentleman, and it was during
my interview with him that he told me
what great head he had for reading char
acter. had already read his character by
tine ostentatious, you-don't-often-g et-a-
chance-to-smoke-this-ki a-cigar way in
which he handed me two-stamper. How
ever, kept my hu CHI on his character to
myself as he strung out his knowledge of
seatology.
1.-The moment a man comes in here aud
seats himself size him up" the rich theo-
rist continued. while / fidgeted somewhat in
my chair and wondered whether he had re-
corded me in his mind as a highwayman or
a plain embezzler NOW, | never employ
a man who comes in here and crosses his
legs Immediately upon seating himself.
The action implies a superabundance of
self-assurance, aud don't like much of that
q ,ality-in others.
ttThere are several varieties of the mau
who crosses his legs, and though detest
them all, | prefer him who shoots one leg
straight out before him when he crosses it
over the OF er. He is much more straight
forward by nature than the individual who
crosses his legs with the upper one inclined
toward his body. The latter kind indicates
a man without much intensity of purpose,
but with a selfish, secretive disp Jsition. He
stands, however, high in my estimation
compared to the man who crosses one leg
over the other and then caresses his ankle
while he converses. That man is of weak,
vacillating nature aud is not to be depended
on in any bust ess transaction. | have
never, in single instance, found my judg-
ment IN the case of such a man to prove at
fault
| felt an intense desire at this moment to
cross my legs and gently caress my ankle,
even at the loss OF whatever high estima-
tion might still retain in the great mans
mind. 1t was only by herculean effort
that | refrai ed frem doing s., and then
the rich philosopher continued his story
about sizing up his fellow man.
"The phlegmatic. slow-mlnded man
always sits far back in his chair. leans far
forward and rests his elbows on his knees.
He is apt to he honest, but not quick
enough when occasion requires. He will
perform his duties faithfully, but in per-
| functory manner. His method of sitting
down denotes that his blood is too sluggish
| for him to be of value in my service. -
"a man whom | always feel like kicking
is the one who sits on the edge of the air,
as if the rest Of the seat was full of upturned
carpet tacks. That man doesn't know
enough to go in out of the rain, and lacks
the courage to go out again after the raj il
has stopped. The vain man betrays his
vanity, also the pos.essi n of a loaferish
instinct, by sitting backward ia a chair,
leaning his arms on the back of it, and
\ spreading out his legs to a most obtuse
angle He sometimes makes good travel.
ing man, bu that is all l have not de-
scribsd all the positions from which draw
my deductions of a mans character
but those have given viii serve as speci-
mens.n
"Please,n inquired l, 'give me the
proper position in which sensible man
could sit"
"Well," answered the modest autocrat,
''you see how sit, don't your