The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-04
USE THE RIGHT HAND
A PRsFsssscs T-AT IS SHOWN ~
NEARLY gVssNrriN6 We 90.
In Mechanics. ~ Table and In eam~s II
n the kale -rhs Battons On oar Cloth
ms-Ca.teAs That RscSsnire the saps-
riority Of the Right.

ht oilef NslNs ND NItlluk W SHAN
hands with self possessed Young gen
tleman. revived from him the lef
hand for salatation. and his reyereS
parent instantly unmarked. That Is tn
wrong hand " Before had well gcttei
ont Of my mind the thoughts stirIcd NJ
by this expression, saw oarrentel
driving nails with his loft hand in IN,
most easy going fashion. There are lef'
handed PLAYERS IN the baseball field. il
the cricket field and i'm the tennis conrr,
and IL Is curious % note the changes
msde in the disposition ~ the field
in the first two cases and the evident
| discomfort Of the other PLAYERS IN thu
third case. We may even see left handed
gunners in the. sporting cluhs> hui the
hystanders instinctively draw hack when
one appears ON the line. as II they wert
afraid that the weapon held in the left
hand might shoot round the corner.
Thes, things and many others Of like
kind, are considered abnormalities, for
men and women are supposed to be nor
mally right handed and not left handed
There are. however, some marked incon.
sistencicss as for instance. that We must
hold our knife in the right hand and not
eat with il. but with the fork held in
our left. while a spoon must be held in
the right hand, and the soup conveyed
10 the mouth by that. for every eve at
the table would be turned ON a person
who ventured to use the spoon in the
left hand
The results Of the prevalent right
handedlness II man are shown in many
curious ways II we look az dress, we
find that mans buttonholes are ON the
left, while the buttons are on the right
"A man in buttoning grasps the button
in his right hand. pushes il through
with his right thumb, holds the button
hole open with the left and pulls all
straight with his right forefinger Re
verse the side and both hands at once
seem equally helpless" Not very long
ago the buttonholes and buttons Of
women's dress Were on opposite sides 10
those of men. IL may be So 10 a large
extent even now. but | am told on very
good authority that with the introduc-
ton of tailor made dresses the old rule
is going out Of vogue. II so. this last
badge Of masculine superiority is
doomed. and The future man will have
but little difficulty in donning the coat
OF the new woman. A man generally
carries his loose cash in his right hand
pocket i'll order that he may reach il
with ease. His pocket handkerchief is
laced IN, tho ,.1,rht ,.,.l-at % ~,
coat if low down. in the left breast
pocket if higher up for similar reason
His railway ticket and nickels for car
fare occupy a middle position on the
right hand side, in order that they may
be handy. A soldier wears his sword
on the left for convenience: the driver
holds his reins in the left hand. while
the right carries the whip as his weapon
Of offense
The right hand is the seat of honor at
banquets aud ceremonies and the
phrase has come into use for the post of
dignity III matters both sacred and secu-
lar. We hold out the right hand Of fell
lowship, not so much perhaps from any
sense Of its superiority as because in
days gone by it was found that il il
was extended in greeting it could not
be used to grasp the sword and thus
give an unforeseen blow.
In the way of tools screws are made
to be turned by the right hand, and
that useful article at picnics-a cork |
SCREWS fitted for dextral and not sim
istral use Clocks and watches run
round from left to right, as the sun ap-
pears TO do, although the earth, whose |
time they are keeping, is so perverse as
to move from right to left. ,.3
In walking down the street we keep to
the right hand, and that is the rule Of |
the road in driving, as well as the way
In which trains move along the track.
When we come to augury, matters |
become mixed up. The Romans held that |
q Lightning flash from left to right was
while ono from right to left
was unfavorable. 1t may have been be-
cause, aS the lightning was supposed to
be hun led Ivy dove, from left to right
would be the way in which it would he
seen If the Deity had his face toward the
but if Jove turned his back /
IN the watchers the lightning hurled by
ais right hand would move from right
20 left.
But why is there this difference in our
lands at all? The truth is, our bodies
ire one sided. The heart is, after all,
yery important-item in man. An in.
ury to it is fatal. Hence even savage
nan found ont that he had to defend it
md devised the plan Of covering the re.
ZION OF his body where it is located with
shield. Blows, therefore were struck
" the right arm, and soon right showed
night. With frequent use in this way
adaptability in other ways,
nd as each generation of the initiative
enius followed not its own bent, but
he practices Of its predecessors, right
andedness became the mark Of the In.
ividuals, and, although there might be
ess necessity for striking blows with
ach generation, the right hand did not
forget its cunning" Civilization has
dopted the principle az law Of polite
ociety, and therefore to be right handed
right, to be left handed is wrong. III
lust cut my food, write my letters,
rect my friends and do a Thousand 9TH
things with my right hand. In the
lain, must tell the truth, for that is {
ght; but according to certain phrase
the code, 1 may tell an untruth IL
ualify ii by the phrase lover the left +"