GRAPHIOLOGY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7499, 19 October 1895, Page 5 (Supplement)

GRAPHIOLOGY.

GRAPHIOLOGICAL COLUMN.

All character studies are useful. They teach us how to adapt ourselves to others. Graphiology, the study of reading the character in handwriting, is the most useful of all ; for it teaches us how to deal with persons that wo have never seen. The first lesson' a student of the art has to learn is to detect the signs of character without ■ takirig in the sense or meaning of the letter or sample. It is not easy, but may be acquired by persistent effort, and the next is to notice the appearance of the writing on the lines. Is it sloping to the right, or leaning to the left ? Is it undulating ? Each of these signs have a positive meaning. Large thick writing, sloping to the right, denotes a warm-hearted loving nature, and if the temperament is sanguine and hopeful, the writing will be clear and legible ; t's barred with 'a long sweeping line, and the small letters of equal height ; words ending in a thread-like line ; will show that the writer has some special gift, or talent. A few lines of the usual handwriting, without any attempt at improvement or disguise, is the proper sample to send as a test of the art. The answer will begin with the leading traits of character, and then any other qualities shown are mentioned. Persons of cultured intelligence and even mental tone, who follow the same pursuits with little change from year to year, whose habits' are orderly and systematic, show the least individuality of any in their writing. What is called a good hand—that is, a clear, legible style, is the sort of writing which will give a graphiologist the most trouble. The signs regarding the love of money need to be cautiously dealt with, as there are many degrees between the honest desire to have enough to make ' both ends meet,' and the mean vice of avarice.