The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-06
PEN REVEALS
STATE OF MIND
Savants Disagree as to
Evidence of Physi-
cal Ills.
DIAGNOSIS OF SCRIPT
,r,rtal Peculiarities Demon
strated by Character of
Handwriting.
nv NARGERY REX.

>.Fy YORK, oct. Your state
o,b.,ltb Is recorded In your hand-
.,...,rg Physical exhaustion, buoy
w md depression show as plainly
a"' ,..1. hicroglyphics as do your
,n,rtll pcculiarities.
r.-so,.ll consultations are now
-,f...I patients by DR.. Jean Pltou'
p...s because. he says, he can
lu u. .t better understanding OF
a. .a.ss through a study OF their
,f,rit.ng. NJ. Duparchy-Jc
,rE. discovered this belief OF pr
pU1,'s. has written a book on the
subject IL, ,.,,,,,,t,,, T.,
limo .lupiug downward across tho
nsg,s says the author, are surfer
irr from stomach trouble or dyspep-
ga H. on the other hand, your
writing is upward, That rs, IL you
commence a line low and end 1t
GJrs,r your liver Is out Of order.
"Tt YOU have both stomach and
r,v,r trouble your writing will be
hotb mn and down and Will present
sort " switchback appearance"
Somewhat different opinion on
maj rybyect Is expressed by Andre
TrIdon, psychoanalyst and author,
Who also studies the chirography OF
me Dalcnts who come to him for
,rratm.ut Of nervous disorders,
Andre Tridons opinion.
"T believe that handwriting is a
gerure NJ the mind and has nothing
10 do directly, with either the
stomach or the liver" he says.
Handwriting that slants down
ward across the page Mr.. Tridon
continued. would indicate a state Of
a 60 A
shown when he tired body droops.
"lybcn | take patient | always
ask him TO write his own biography
IN order 10 decide ON his treatment.
Bleuler, the great psychlatrist at the
head Of the Zurich Clinic, has pre-
pared iu his book a number of
charts showing the writing of insane
paiicuts. Certain marked peculiari-
ities are present. Though the writ
Ing may be normal the letters are
filled between the lines with queer
little marks.
THE enormous cGotist will write
his Il" rather detached from the
other words. with n great flourish
he almost turns himself inside out.
The fakir and the hypocritc also be-
tray themselves in their script.
AS the mind goes. so Will the pen
follow. And the mind in its vagaries
often indicates the state Of health.
A man writes as ne does everything
else.
Handwriting is one OF many
symptoms and We must use them all
" make diagnosis. For instance
person Of the artistic temperament
may have n chirOgraphy that-taken
by itsClf-would indicate he was al
most insane II would show ne was
unreliable at times, unduly enthusi-
astic, an idealist.
We may imagine how uncertain
would be the character Of u man
like Beethoven, for example. The
master about TO give a music lesson,
might become possessed OF an idea
for a composition and let the poor
pupil 90 TO blazes.
Regarding the statements at
tribu-cd to DR.. Pitou in which he
says that large Capial letters mean
the writer is subject to hystcria,
would say that l do not wholly
agree. Large capitals indicate great
egousm, but that is another matter.
As for the men who sign their names
at the lower left corner of their
letters-the men who he fears will
therefore become lunauCs--I do not
remember ever having seen such a
case That is certainly out Of the
ordinary.
An Interesting Study.
Handwriting is an interesting,
useful and simple study, yet little is
known OF II generally" said Mr..
Tridon, who, although he ia doctor
OF science and a doctor OF philOso-
ply prefers to be called Mr.. since
he does not practice medicine and
does not wish to be confused with
the NJ. D.'s, with whom no cooper
ates.
framed specimens of the handWrit-
Ing and signatures OF many famous
men ana women. Surprises lurk
here for the person who has a pre-