Show j HandShaking r I TIlls thoughtreading as the term is i l11ented I ° sUPPOse I must use it isnot a 1 new thing tonln6 It Was you ma r depend it the > may upon I am origin of handshaking custom degree extremely of sensitive to the state or shakc feeling betrayed in a hand and i the manner in which J am pressed character affects my judgment of ahty Frankness > shyness cordi erament l > Weakness of will richness of tem 9usy deceit decision antipathy jeal In shaking are revealed unconsciously meets a hands Irish Pat > when he ncilhbor at a 1 fair Wants to to whom he sell shakes a horse with a hidden vice ha hands has an blusteringly because he hitjti0 ural he 10n that if he were quite na would acconiT vYU1U bestray his design An fClomphshed h coquette drills her hand not her uunier secret Tmvnn r hopes fer fJ or deer I dee-r sires A western American shakes hands with heartiness and a 1 Wall Street one with the hesitancy that reveals double mindedness The Scotch grasp of the hand in common with that of the Irish peasant squire lady or country girl is very cordial The virtue of sociability is chiefly expressed in the Celtic handshake hand-shake unless when a courtship is going on or a tender passion merely felt I think I could tell blindfold whether a Swiss German French English Scotch or Irish person was shaking hands with meThe Scotch handgrasp is the roughest the Frenchman shakes hands with the tips of stiffened and drawn together fingers which signifies that he walls himself round with politeness as with a fortress to off intruders keep Never expect anything of a 1 person who shakes a soft hand in a limp way I have had a 1 wide experience of false cordiality which was betrayed by Hold soldiers who in battering through hotels and boarding houses have lost all womanhood by hardened diplomatists by persons thank ful for past favors and hoping for favors to come and by exhibitors at universal exhibitions wanting puffs An Italian who ill all cases tries to hide his little game hates to offer his hand To avoid doing so when lie meets an Englishman he rubs both his hands slowly togther as if washing them An enthusiast about ideas principles and systems rarely puts cordiality into a 1 handshakePam Letter Let-ter in London Truth |