Hand-shaking

The late Mr. David Urquhart, among other oddities, luid a decided hostility towards tbe tincient and approved custom of shaking hands. He ouce formed nu assoriation whicli aimed at abolishing the "odious" cmstom. Betweenpergons of imeqnal stations in lite fihaking hands was, acoording to Mt. Urquhart, a basé condeBítpnsion on one sidè and au iinpcriinence on the other. The Turks (lid nol shake hands, ncithcr would lie ; siiaking liands led to familinrity, familiarity to falso notions of e(p;iaíity, itnd falst' imtions of eijnality to Oommunisin. Mr. LTi-iiihart g&te expirëÊfsion to Ins vicwn 011 tliis siibji'i'l, in ;t paniphli t entil.led " On the Desolatiou oL Christendom, through the Substitvition of Familiaiity for Politencss. "