The morning times., 1896-05-03
Reeds Salute Is in Three Pars-a Pause Spring and
Tear-bringing Hand-shake.
PLATT, MAKER OF men, LIFTS HIS DERBY TO NONE
Crisp Like Cleveland Without Taking Off His Hat but
Has PIeasanter Smile
tcopyri ght, 1897

tipped and merely saIutiug when a wave OF
/ the entire head covering is called for
Not along ago Mr.. Cleveland gave mortal
offense 10 the frie nds Of Sir Julian Paunce-
fOte by lifting a finger TO his hat In the
presence OF ladies instead OF giving tbs
regulation American bow. Sir Julian, On
the contrary, lifted his hat with cordial
ceremony, putting the President in the
awkward position OF being Cut-diplomated
in his Own capital city.
The Crisp bow has 4 careless wave
that is only redeemed by the cor,IiaI smile
that goes with it. IL isn Z much OF a bow.
II is more I'm locking at you Glad to
see you. Hope you feel the same" That
is not the implied feeling OF reverence
that is extended with certain very effective
hat tippings-
No one needs the Book OF Bows less
than T 4 Reed, whose bow is the most
substantial thing to be seen in trip t.
Washington 1t is in three parts, each Dir
yided from the other by abrupt pauses-
The first is a standstiiI. Reed has spied
friend. He stops and looks him in the face.
The friend also stops. Both begin to smile-
Reed spontaneously The friend because he
is delighted and awed by the man.
Part seCond-A spring forward and a
hand grasp. Long pause Both look each
other IN the eye, and Reed seems about 70 do
something decisive VIII he embrace in
good Bisma rCkian style, or will he be con-
tented with a fine old handshake?
Third-A wringing OF the hand, cor
dial shaking, friendly twisting. heavy
pumping OF the arm. and, finally. a drop
that sets both handShakers free, but leaves
chem. thinking OF the handshake for the
next hour. This bow Reed repeats twenty
times each block During the bOwing opera
ton the Reed hat disappears IN a mysterious
way and is only fished out when time to
move on.
The Morton bow is the one that tells
in a campaign The owner OF the bow
Is not gifted with a memory as pheuom-
email as some of his Political brethren,
but no one ever bowed as well to all who
bow to him rs Levi P. Morton.
As Mr. Morton drives from the execu-
tive mansion across Eagle street, Al
bany, to the capitol, he gazes TO the
night and 10 the left, and wherever be
sees smiling face he salutes with one
of his bows As he enters the capitol
it is bow. bow, right and left. The sleek
tile is kept waving and tie sdave face
has around the mouth the impenetrabIe
'ii iigrity that was the admiration OF Carnot
and the envy of other foreign diplomats-t
No matter how sThaii man may be in his
own estimation, he rises with the rise Of the
the Morton beaver.
That maker of men, T. c. Platt, is not
a bower at all He takes off his. hat to
no man and TO few women. Yet his
bow is such an abSent-uninded one that
you forgive him and think be is busy
making slate or breaking one. He
points to his rCunCt-topped hat and says
not a word HIS lips do not move, his
eyes do not sparkle, his cheeks do not
wrinkle. There IS an impenetrabIe gravity
about the P1att how thatIs either inspiring
or depressing, according as yCu are COM
forted or east down by the deepest OF ab-
straeted looks.
In a political campaign the ability 70
bow we'll is considered part OF the bat
tie. In Old Roman days it was the ac-
cOmpH snmeut OF remembering names,
and julius Caesar the greatest Roman
Of them all. employed man OF great
memory TO walk by has side and pro-
nounce the name OF every man who ap-
preached.