Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-27
THE DOT ON THE I,
Various Ways Of Putting It There and wha
They Indicate.

Various Ways Of Putting 1t There and VIVA,
They Indicate.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
Do You put the dot high above the letter /!
Do you put it close to the letter? Do you send
1T flying before? Is it fat, round. irregular?
These are the questions which master in the
art of deciphering character from handwriting
asks in tho current number of Vom Fels gun,
Nicer. In each case your popularity is the out
ward and visible sign of some idiosyncrasy.
Look at the dots Of your i; try to make them
different-smaller, larger, rounder, more OBJ
long-you cannot do it. The dot above the i
only changes with yenr character" The fol-
lowing are few of the conclusions 'Edel-
weiss draws from the tell-tale dot: The writer
begins by giving graceful lesson to the ladies'
IF you often forget to dot your j. You will
Also forget other things which seem unimpor-
tant to you, but which for the comfort Of every
day life are as necessary tire dot is to the If
you have often to look in vain for the dot. you
Will often look in vain for other things be-
cause You have not put them in their proper
place. For instance, you put the fifth knitting
needle in your book because you were suddenly
called away and no better bookmark was at
hand. You are anxious to finish your sock
where is the fifth needle? The servant girl
must have m,slaid it while busting. Servants
are such a trouble
I'm order to practice patience and seif-con-
troll you knit On with four needles, gently par
doning, and presently turn back to your inter
estihg novel. The book opens Immediately
and there and then the glittering needle breaches
silent sermon to you. The knitting-needle
story is nothing new lit occurs in infinite varia-
tons. and happens especially to those who for
get 10 dot their l.
from the letter to which it belongs, your hopes
thoughts. wishes and aspirations ARE apt TO fly
about IN far-of 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 coniunc-
tlon with it, the loops OF your b. g. (, &c. are
loose and long, then goodbye symmetry and
calm, for you have very little sclf-contreL
IF your husbands dots are heavy, shape
less and blotchy, you viii have hard time of
it where food is concerned. He will not be
satisfied with cold supper an aesthetic tea or
a meal of beef and vegetables. On the other
hand, you have, in has favorite dishes, a means
TO paclfy the grumbler and to incline
him 10 listen 10 your wishes. Your re-
quest for new gown, for theater
tickets, which was peremptorily refused
before dinner, is listened to with much
more interest after the man Of the heavy dots
has had good meal. Never ask such a man to
grant you a favor when he is waiting for his
dinner. The larger the dots appear the more
critically dish will be attacked and judged.
CaIispau, during lAe time when patients go IN
drink the waters, is full Of people who dot their
is heavily"
The dainty dot. on the other hand, if it goes
together with handwriting that consists of
thin strokes only, denotes a mind above these
things
Such a 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 graphoiogicai
signs agree-that such dainty dotter forgets
his meal times altogether, allows everything to
get cold, does not eat nor praise. nor bame.
and spells the pleasures OF the table for himself
and others"