The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-10

or less, 90 grasp your ayerace Frencn-
-ttA" " QUIZ make an ideal cl.ff aN-cu-
ave Tor these democratic states % ours
with The English BE- is quite different.
Ae tendency % dignity ana sllemuiza
every tnlnS they DO finds ample SCOPE for
expression 10 the daily inr. lent of hand
snah-ls- Iney 10 nothing enthusiast
caNF nor with uuzfrmlv haste Thee
veneer over their smallest act with a
m4sulnctut sentences ana rtsuectah Uftv
"t-ci - apraling tu an uueFrn-tempered
american aud mean nothing short % a
.H'a- utnol-ien on equilibrium ior AL rN-
ciiable GauI-
Ana thus IL comes about that when you
--AAe lanas with an EnEiishmaxF or an
L-AsllsnWuman YOU have au iuslnuat.1s
suspicion thar You are on the mourners-
urutn ana that some dreadful old woman
WI Aieen glasses aud poke bonnet
- uo.orously preparing you Tor the worti
20 come ana Is giving YOU parting shake
- speed you On your journey. That Is
Slr way 70 Ieels To a healthy man The
GAe'isn hanushake isn't exactly corpse
hAe, nut 10 gives you the shlVcrs untl
You are used 90 40. And 10 is uatrouiziut-
100, something dreadfuIy insuAr about
y Jhat impresses you with your info
our English cousins have allowed the
matter-of-fact business OF saying How
dy with the hands to degenerate Into a
sort or dissi patton. They indulge them
serves ln IL, as they indulge I'm "B. and
:. when they have headache. Ii has
even gone SO Tar as TO deyelope at times
into a ver.tahle orgy.
In their refined exclusive way they take
an Infinite, almost childish delight in
calmly folding their hand around yours
ana raising il high iu the air. to stay
theFe until YOU both get tired The Bag
Ish hani shakes when they get up. shake
hands az the breakfast table, when they
cave the house. luncheon, az dinner,
when they 40 20 bed. and I believe IL is
not improbable that they indulge them
selves In their sleep.
The delicious and refreshing contrast
TO both the French and English styles
Is our own. We are generally TO busy
mat is, our men are-tO waste much
time I'm emhellshiug our haud-shakes or
prolonging them beyond the period of de-
cent civility.
Among men, indeed. the social habit
seems 70 have fallen into disuse for some
occult reason. IL is hard to say whether
II is considered eifemiulte and silly or
merely waste of valuable time. which
50 often rs money with us. Perhaps both
hgure among the causes for the decline
OF Handwriting. At any rate, you Will
lind that generally speaking, only min
listers OF the gospel women, clubmcn and
cads with small sprinkling of real gem
tlemen who have money enough to justify
little indulgences. mOnopolize the hand
shaking business in America. OF course
this statement Is qualified because there
are times when every man is called on TO
undergo this tiresOme imposition OF So
ciety.
But among the handshaking classes Of
America there is as wide a difference as
can we'll be conceived.
When the typical Amorlcan-thc business
man, that ISIS Obliged to shake hands he
gets over 1t as quickly as possible He
suffers IL as a matter of necessity and
doesn't adorn II with any stucco work or
bas-relefs.
There is the eccentric man. who has a
surprise for you and makes you very ner-
vOus, because you never know what IS
coming. Citizen George Francis Train is
When you are introduced ito him you
put forward your digits very modestly
and are knocked in a heap, figuratlvely,
when the distinguished eccentric draws
back, looking all the while as though he
enjoyed II infinitely more than though he
had your hand I'm his.
And perhaps there IS method en- his
madness. Ask your family physician what
he thinks of the hygienic side OF the ques-
ton, and II he Is "a crank on the subject he
may tell you neither to shake hands with
nor kiss even your closest relative. Per-
haps Citizen Train Is right after all.
Briefly, there IS Uriah Heep, who gives
you a faint, seasick feeling about the
stomach when you take his hand. II IS
wet "clammy" Is the conventional word,
and sticky and cold and altogether nasty
and reVOlting You learn to know Mr.
Heep and you would rather walk around
the block than meet him face to face and
have to undergo the torture Of contact
with those fiabby, awful hands.
The Duke Of York became 81 years OF
age this month.