The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-27
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SHAKING HANDS,
xho IAesst Evolution Of an A.
III tom.

We a1o more given to shaking h6
other nations, says the Spectacle.
the Fremohman or the German WUu1d
stant himeelf with comprehene e - n r.
stnat includes whole COMPANY Of - +
ouo courteous sweep, the Esnal5
especially IL he is countrybrea III
tiently and perseveringly ahake kand
every one who is present. Perhap
owing 70 feeling that an unnecessasy Il
Of the practice is provincial, that Il
trace visible decline in it at tho
day.
But II il difficult to say to what u u RI
attributable the present ordinary 81 T. k
which y takes among certain people "a 4
they do practice it-a form which y 66I( n
tally prevalent among those people 4 -
ambition It is to be known az q = \
When two members of this class, a a aoG&
far moro numerous class that irnf1 "A
them. inset each other, they 90 throuc Is
ceremony which certainly boaiu8
- faint resemblance to M
Of shaking hands, but is II 0lf
real essentials absolutely different, -
lady Hfts her elbows as high q ! tinNs
sleeve will permit her, and bangles ! No.
hand before her face, carefully keeping ~
wrist a. still and high as possible, willis -
allows the fingers to droop down. The nlatI
90 ntrivee 10 lift his elbow little hi616exsS
and, by . dexterous turn of the M ~
touches her fngers-that is all. The Il y
son assigned for this is curious.
It IL said that ladies who are bidd ~
court, and whose privilege it is to exch1xe ~
fcult TO combine a courtesy with : aka1Eo
OF q gracious hand without RAISING thear
own hands to the level of their 1alo1.
Hence their too frequent communications
with illustrious people have corrup&ed
sss s soddd are so forpe sasy
troduce it into their ordinary LIE
and their relations with more ordi-
nary people. But they forget the courtesy,
while they forgot to lower their hands. An-
other reason that has been suRgsa.sd for
this greeting, as it is practiced BY tho beot
society, is that they have borrowed il nom
the ooachman. With his reins in ono hand
and his whip in the other, the only appfoAoh
to q salutation that coachman can make =
BY sharp upward movement Of the elbow
and whip hand. Indeed the explanation -
very plausible. for there is kind Of natural
affinity between the manners of the stAblo
and those Of the very smart people.
How ancient custom is the shaking Of
hands no one can say. The giving and
clasping right hands had it's origin most
III
hand was unarmed, and that no danger
need be apprehended from it's owner. ThAro
ID evidence to show that the claspipR Of
hands was an ancient Hindoo usage II Teal
transactions, az it was also among the Rc
mans In such matters as marriage OOn-
tract. Al mode Of saiutation II osste inly
existed among the latter, for We have Hon.
aces. description of bore: ssrs "a
Arrsptaque manu-, .Qnd agis, dnlcisniIna n \
The modern idea Of the sciencS og poli1
one would wish to bring back tn 61n
obeisances, the sweeping confteGden
the hollow cdmpliments Of ttr -
But AZ least they were pretty r. 80
while they lasted, whereas this l1et 6S w.
OF hand shaking 10 grotesque farco. Il, S d
w. g. T. u, Convention. III sss All
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