The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
Men of Business Trust Strangers
Readily Credit Sight If Satisfied With Mans Personal
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himself away quite as unmistakably and well"
 There are two portions of the human body that can seldom be induced to lie for the supposed benefit of the soul that owns them,' runs the dictum of a suc- cessful lawyer. "the mouth and the hands. The lips, of course, may be trained to speak falsely at the will of the speaker, but the position, form and curve of the | mouth when In repose. the habitual shape and attitude, may be absolutely trusted as betraying the real and characteristic trend of the nature. And many keen and as- tute readers of human character recog- nize and rely upon certain betraying lines and shapings of the lips without in the least realizing what 1t is that causes them | to say Yes or No
 Liar Keeps Hands Closed. "A mans hands, moreover, are natural | truthtellers. No man can lie with his hands open unless he has deliberately trained himself in this direction The lie | and the closed hands go together as nat | urally and inevitably as the closed fist l and the murderous impulse. The open | handed man is to be trusted in more | than one way and from numerous stand points. Of course, If a man has learned or suspected the fact and carefully taught hls hands to remain open while he TO-
 
 even then the careful position will reveal the truth to the other man who has learn ed how and where to seek 1t. When 1t is necessary for me to know the truth as to | mans honesty or the reverse I ask a | few questions. either of the subject or of | outsiders-but lock at his hands and his | mouth.
 Comparatively few Chicago people, how ever especially in the haste ani press of hnStnpSa gfn fO Iota for the theories back of their instinctive in- clination or refusal to trust another hu- man being. Something--it may be the de- rtded feminine intuition-teaches when and how this other human being may or may not be trusted. The biblical dec'a- ration that Providence signatures the hand Of every man in order that he may he known of his fellows may be litera ly true and veracious; some men and women may possess the peculiar faculty of read ing this signature or inscription at will and without trouble.
 Character Read by Credit Men.
 At all events. the personal equation enters largely into the conduct orf Chlca- go business. and even the much respected and invaluable credit man" depends much upon his own personal Judgment and reading of the applicant for consider atlon. There are men who carry with them seeming certincate Of honesty, whose fellows instinctively realize that they may be trusted anywhere to any | extent. And there are other men who push from them by their unconscious l personal influence, that which they most ardently seek.
 Chicago man who is as intrinsically honest as he Is absent minded and forget full tells an amusing story of an entire day passed in travelling about the city without money. Entering a suburban train in the early morning, he suddenly | remembered that. having changed cloth ing, he had not a penny with hlm; but the conductor. whom he did not know allowed him to ride on promise of future | payment, and the important appointment | because of which the penniless one would not turn back was comfortably kept, All day long similarly pleasant things hap pened: the climax came with the consum- ing of a belated luncheon.
 Honesty Recognized on Sight. The pennies individual scarcely liked to ask for credit at a restaurant, even where he was known; but the friend who l took him out to luncheon, being much amused at the mornings recital, dared" his companion to do this. The request was made to the manager of a strange l eating house, the explanation of the