Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-04-07
Hand Shaking.

IyOut request lOr Il snort article on
handseaking, l offer you the follow
ing thoughts:
The custom of salutation,or greet
ing, or recognition of some kind. il
practiced in all civilized and semi
civilized countries. The most pop
ular method among English speak
ing people is hand shaking. Tc
observe and study the different
modes, ways, and phases of hand
shaking, will interest and apuse, as
well as instruct, for the act If hand
shaking is generally governed by
some preponderating influence which
hes back in the mind Of one on both
of the actors The first mode of
hand shaking which l will notice is
the formal, or inappreciable manner,
which indicates mechanical action
and has nothing more in il than a
simple recognition of each other
Another mode is the quick or "let
me go' method, while one or borh of
the parties begrudge the time spent
In the transaction, indicating lack
oil fraternal respect, or brol herly
greeting. Another way is fLger
tip shaking, which is pure aud sin
pie travesty, or burlesque on hand
shaking, eyidencing thereby nm alb
solute lack of desire for friendship
or greeting. Another method il the
business hand.shake, which is per-
formed with Il tight, quick, and
methodical grip of the hand, without
any perceptible shake, and which
virtually means, we arc business men
and do things by system aud meth
DDS. And then therO is the clergy man
hand shake, which once in whilo
means, i saw you in church on Sun.
day, or as the CASE may be, i hope
to see You at church next Sunday
But. nevertheless, the hand shake of
pastor il appreciated by all civil
lied people, indicating a respectful
and Christian Difference towards
those whom God sends out TO be thc
physician Of souls.
Another phase OF hand shaking is
the lovers method, which is n squc 20
Of the whole hand to degree which
is proportional by the depth of al
lection which the contracting parties
moy, or rather do profess towards
each other, and TO digress for "a
moment right here-often times the
hand shake of those W ho are betroth.
ed is not sufficient salutation and
the angel OF blessing witnesses two
pairs Of lips coming in close contact,
and thereby emphasizing and ru,ify.
ing mutual promises made IN the
days or weeks gone by. Sill another
phase OF Misunderstanding is of the mag
netic kind, which seems to possess
spirit of inspiration and Is always
helpful TO Que or both of the pariic.
ipators, and it does not lie so mu, d
in the tight embrace of hands, as il
does il the soft, easy and con ntinuoos
embrace, when eye meets eye, and
hearts which possibly afore tine
were estranged are brought again by
the action into the fold of fraterunl
good will and the two become rec
onciled in their lives and are mad,
better and brighter.
Then there is the fathers nnd
mothers handshake-the sisters al
brothers-the wife and husband
! which is ever and anon remindeI
Of holy and sacred friendships, AZ
we'll as pure and marital VOWS.
Lastly, there is the final partire z
, hand shake, which has in it such 4
: cluster of serious thoughts anc
sacred promises, which are some
} times kept and some times broken
/ but seldom permanently forgotten
and very many of the readers of this
/ newspaper have participated in this
? farewell handshaking, which alway'
! is gentle and full of meaning.
? The man or woman. il one can b.
found, who on all and every occasion
o declines this popular mode of greet
a ing reminds us of Darwins missing
r Link which came between maj
4 and beast, and for which no nam
g could be found, either in the heaven
o above, or in the earth beneath, q
in the waters which are under ia
earth.
razawell Va O. r.