The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-11
"KRITIKO'S" EXPLANATION.
The GraphoIogist on the Subject Of
Handwriting

'hritlkO," i graphoOgist, in letter
writes as follows concerning certain crit-
eisms on The manner of reading a persons
character by an examination Of that per-
sons handwriting:
In Tuesdays CALL appeared an article headed
Crafty kriIiko." written with the intent TO
show that "hriiko the GraphOl0gSt," was a
fraud. ] am 'kTitikO" OF GO9 Merchant street.
THE CALL is a fit minded journal; will you
permit me 10 say word or TWO that may throw
a different Light upon the matter.
In the article TWO character readings we're
lnstaneed IS evidence tba my deineaIonSwere
failures; The specimens were wfiten by two
ma dereTs now IN the County JAN.
GrsphOOgy is an exact scieDce-Desbarrolles
Layafar and hawthorne all acknowledged its
merits.
Graphology is infalible. Graphologlsts are
not inf.llibility not being an attribute OF human
nature. Generally so aklHg however. graph
0logists come nearer the Truth than iLelT clients
are always ready TO admit expect 10 receive
c rtain proportion OF abusive letters Tor telling
The truth.
Asa grapholoeist, have learned 10 magnify
Virtues and 10 minimize faults.
a CALL reporter sent TWO tiny specimens OF
Handwriting, neither one containing twenty
words wrote the delineatlOus. ana In pri-
vat letter 10 the reporter expressed The hope
hat tie Re. dBgs might be fairly correct. since
tie specimens were altogether too brief 10 Afford
a fair test for grdphOlOgist"
Why did tie writer suppress that modifying
clause? Why did be suppress the additional
fact that ! recorded my impression that the first
Hltclltu was h4ilitI ny Il man doutcttu 10 Inc
use OF liquor? Since that remark referred 10
Barney Cullen, who Killed a man IN a drunken
brawl, was not that coming pretty close TO the
man?
Any graphOogist is justified IN demanding az
least ten lines. While some require a fOolscap
page OF unfeigned or natural handwriting, writ
ten spontaneously. The reason Tor this is plain.
sign appearing IN one sentence may be con-
filmed by its repetition, weak ned by its alb
sence or opposed by contrary sign further on.
II - PLAIN thatphe specimens sent me must have
been lOHVtets Cguld
be supposed to write about graphOlogy. since the
science battles even newspaper repofler. 1t
stands 10 reason that " asked FOR specimen OF
their handwriting even cOnvicts would try 10
write as FAIR = hand as possible. / have IN my
possession an autograph OF the notorious bandit,
Iiburcio NasqueZ. Il Is clear and beautiful. lie
foImed each letter with care aud precision; 10
vas written after lie was In jail aud so had
plenty OF time TO practice signature. In such
writing, which by-tbe-way Is almost valurless 10
tile grapbolo9ist, Tie signs OF good qualities are
apt 10 predominant.
My critic processes 10 find me fraud In that |
gave criminals many good attributes. Tlrat
man may be admirable Ia some respects aud de-
tesidbe IN other ways only proves that "a man
may smile and smile aud be a yillain." Have
We not all head of Gentlemanly eTimlnals-Of
muFdeTers who love flowers ana perfumes aud
wept at the sound OF music? Even muir
deIeT may be afeCtlOnate. DOES mol McNulIy's
wife claim that lie was good husband 10 her
As kritiko, lie graphoi0gisi, | claim that ac-
cOrding 10 The specimens submitted my deduc-
lions were gTaphoiogicaly correct In many par.
iieulars- Murder cannot be called a mean" act.
Was 1 wrong Ia saying that a man was IN
earnest" surely, TO be mui deTer one must
be III dead earnest. Respectfully, hRITIkO.