CHAPTER XVI

TALES TOLD BY HANDWRITING

Telling the Nationality, Sex and Age of Anyone Who Executes Handwriting—­Americans and Their Style of Writing—­How English, German, and French Write—­Gobert, the French Expert, and How He Saved Dreyfus—­Miser Paine and His Millions Saved by an Expert—­Writing with Invisible Ink—­Professor Braylant’s Secret Writing Without Ink—­Professor Gross Discovers a Simple Secret Writing Method With a Piece of Pointed Hardwood—­A System Extensively Used—­Studying the Handwriting of Authors—­How to Determine a Person’s Character and Disposition by Handwriting

CHAPTER XVII

WORKINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRET SERVICE

Officials of This Department Talk About Their Work—­How Criminals
Are Traced, Caught and Punished—­Its Work Extending to All
Departments—­Secret Service Districts—­Reports Made to the Treasury
Department—­Good Money and Bad—­How to Detect the False—­System of
Numbering United States Notes Explained—­Counterfeiting on the
Decrease—­Counterfeiting Gold Certificates—­Bank Tellers and
Counterfeits—­The Best Secret Service in the World

CHAPTER XVIII

CHARACTER AND TEMPERAMENT INDICATED BY HANDWRITING

A Man’s Handwriting a Part of Himself—­Handwriting and Personality—­Cheap Postage and Typewriters Playing Havoc with Writing by Hand—­Old Time Correspondence Vanishing—­Two Divisions of Handwriting—­Fashion Has Changed Even Writing—­Characteristic Writing of Different Professions—­One’s Handwriting a Sure Index to Character and Temperament—­Personality of Handwriting—­Handwriting a Voiceless Speaking—­A Neglected Science—­Interest in Disputed Handwriting Rapidly Coming to the Front—­Set Writing Copies no Longer the Rule—­Formal Handwriting—­Education’s Effect on Writing—­Handwriting and Personality—­The Character and Temperament of Writers Easily Told—­Honest, Eccentric, and Weak People—­How to Determine Character by Writing—­The Marks of Truth and Straightforwardness—­How Perseverance and Patience Are Indicated in Writing—­Economy, Generosity and Liberality Easily Shown in Writing—­The Character and Temperament of Any Writer Easily Shown—­Studying Character from Handwriting a Fascinating Work—­Rules for Its Study—­Links in a Chain That Cannot be Hidden—­A Person’s Writing a Surer Index to Character Than His Face

CHAPTER XIX

HANDWRITING EXPERTS AS WITNESSES