Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-18
THE DOT ON rms,
various Ways of Putting II There m.
What They Indicate. ""'

various ways OF Putting II There AMI
What They Indicate. ""
Pail Mall Gazette.
DO you put the dot high above tho
letter II Do you put il cl5sc T., '' ,h' INC
teri DO you send il flying beforo '9 ~ ~
IT fat, round, Irregular? Tbcse ara ~
questions which master in tho a,, siit
decipherlng character from hand.,;..;m
asks IN the current number of Tan, ~.
gum Nicer. In each case vonr oa ~"
liarity Is the outward and visible s;g sS"
some ldiosyncrasy. Look at The dots
OF your !; try to make them GiiTnront
smaller, larger, rounder, moro nblomn
you cannot do IL, The dot above he
only changes with your cbaractsr
The following are few of tho nv
illusions "Edelweiss' draws from liz
tell-tale dot The writer bogins ' Nv,
giving a graceful lesson to the ladies.
"lf you often forget 10 dol VIM ~,
will also forget other things which sscn,
unimportant to you, but which ~ ~
comfort OF everyday life are as nerrs.
sary as the dot is to thei. II Won bayo
often 10 look in vain for fro M, VA,
will also look often in vain for oihos
things, because you have not NM tbcnn
in their proper place. For instance vom
put the fifth knitting needle in your hook
because you We're suddenly called awov
and no better boUkmark was AT hani
You are anxious to finish your sock ~
where is the fifth needle? ina scrvant
girl must have mislaid it while dustina
Servants are such a troubled
''ln order to practice patience ana
self-control you knit on with four
needles, gently pardoning,' and prcs. I
entity turn back to your interesting
novel. The book opens Immediately,
and there and then the glittcring needle
breaches a silent sermon to ynu, The
knitting needle story is nothing new, il .
occurs in infinite variations, and han (
pens especially to those who forget 10
dot their /.
"lf the dot flies high above and far
away from the letter to which il be.
longs, your hopes, thoughts, wishes, and
aspirations are apt to fly about in far.off
regions, and instead of making practical
use of the present day You dream of the
ideals of the future. II this high flown
dot is of an oblong shape, and if. in con
junction with il, the loops of your ], h,
Z, (, &c, are loose and long, then good
bye symmetry and calm, for you have
very little self-contr0.
"If your husbands dots arc heavy,
shapeless and blotchy, you will have
hard time of il where food is concerned.
He will not be satisfied with cold sup
per, an aesthetic tea, or Il meal of beef
and vegetables. On the other hand, you
have, in his faverite dishes, a means to
pacify the grumbler and TO incline him
to listen to your wishes. Your request
for new gown, for theatre tickets,
which were peremptdrily refused before
| dinner, is listened to with much more
interest after the man Of the heavy dots
has had n good meal. Never ask such A
man TO grant you favor when he is
| waiting for his dinner. The larger the
dots appear the more critically II dish
will be attacked and judged. Carlsbad,
during the time when patients 60 to
drink the waters, is full of people who
dot their is heavily"
The dainty dot, on the other hand, if
il goes together with handwriting that
consists Of thin strokes only, denotes
mind above "these things:
"Such dainty dot husband will be
easily satisfied with his meals. He will
hardly know what he is eating. You
can get nothing out of him by giving
him dainty dish. He may even offend
you by scant praise when you happen
to have prepared dish with your own
hands. 1t may even happen-if other
graphological signs agree-that such a
dainty dotter' forgets his meal times
altogether, allows everything to get
cold, does not eat, nor praise, nor blame,
and spols the pleasures of the table for
himself and others