Show SHAKING WITH alie god hie tout of honest hearted people a in an article describing the social life of the president in the ladies home jondal president ex harridon Harr iron tells of the fatigues of handshaking and also of the benefits of being brought in contact with the good honest hearted people of the country in the first two weeks of an administration he says the president shakes hands with from to persons the physical drain of this is very great and if the president s not an instructed hr shaker a lame arm and a swollen hanu soon result this may bo largely or entirely avoided by using president bayes method take the imad extended to you and grip it before your hand is gripped it is the passive hand that gets hurt it has been suggested that a nod or bow should bo substituted for the handshake but it would bo quite as admissible to suggest a revision of the of independence the interest which multitudes attach to a handshake with alie president is so great that people will endure alie greatest discomfort and not a little peril to life or limb to attain it these are not the office seekers but the good dionest hearted patriotic people whose god bless you isal prayer and a benediction they come to washington for the inauguration gu ration and later with excursions but they are mostly to be foaud near their own homes they come out to meet the president when ho takes n journey and his contact with them and their unselfish and even affectionate interest in him lavive hi courage and elevate his purposes mr lincoln is said to have called cheso popular receptions his public opinion baths |