HANDWRITING IN CHARACTER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 11 May 1912, Page 10

HANDWRITING IN CHARACTER.

The art of reading character b^ handwriting, as expounded by a writer in the Gin's Realm, becomes a very ladylike science indeed. Only that sinner called "the frivolous practitioner" is in a hurry to discover a subject's faults. Tliis polite graphologist discovers in every handwriting tar more good points tnan baa. "it is reiiesAmg to hnd tnat only one person 'in' twenty, or onereabouts, has a'vice such as overwhelming seilishness, absolute untr use worthiness, or violent passion,. In the eyes of the recipient of a deiiiieation of character 1 often hnd the goou qualities seem to eciipse tue bad altogether, and tilis frequently gives rise to the remark, 'Oh, 1 think you have made me out better than i am.' " One explanation of this is that handwriting instinctively conceals the iarger faurcs' as long as possible, thougn it admrth quite clearly the smaller tailings. ' Ut is only when people have " tne most accentuated wickedness tnat tne.Landr! writing is dominated by it." And bg-' fore tnat stage is reac-jied, it is wisl§t to give youi- client the benefit of vht doubt. Truthfulness and honor, for iiP stance, are apparent in a writing au which the lines are at an equal distance apart, and the letters ail clearly cle cipherable. liut you wo aid be wrong to call your friend a knave aithoagh his letters are mere suggestions, a'nu his iines wander anywhere about tne placa; because, when a man's . haM-' writing is more or less illegible, "tnu practised eye will often detect him. to be only a skilled; diplomatist." Then there is the question ol pens and paper. With one set or writing maten«us v Gian may unwillingly- wj-ite «himseii down a poor weak creature. "With another he may rise to as many 'robust bad qualities as a politician ascribes-to an opponent. On the whole, when you see bad qualities, it is safest to read them as the opposite virtues. A noted Parisian graphologist, expert in ciilninal handwritings, was consulted as.-Jb j <ihe characteristics of a whole gro..p qt specimens. After giving with zest his delineation, distributing amongst them the seven deadly sins and processions of minor offences, he was rather hurt to learn that the persons concerned in this case, were all notable Parisians of irreproachable character. How much more diplomatic was the Girl's Realm essayist, when she was shown the handwriting of a man stated to have made his mark in the world, and was asked to discover any prevailing fault. She merely judged that the man was passionately devoted to the opposite sex," a remark entirely justified when it was revealed as the handwriting of a notorious' felon, "who had been twice convicted of bigamy, three times divorced, and six times married!"