He would plunge into a piece of fiction impulsively and every line he wrote had to have heart appeal. He was also an emotional speaker, that would capture his audiences, hold them spellbound, not by what he said, but by the warmth of the way in which he would say it. He was an able man, but his ability was secondary in his speaking and his writing. He felt, and he reached out in written and spoken words to touch the feelings of his audiences.

In plate 5 you have a similar emotional makeup, one who would appeal to the feelings of readers and listeners. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was the most popular emotional poet in the early part of the Twentieth Century. Count­less thousands of school boys memorized and delivered her famous verses, “How Salvator Won”, in the closing days of school.   Ella Wheeler Wilcox was ruled by her feelings. She was talented, a fact about which she was extremely modest. She wrote me on her way to Europe that she had no right to claim talent. “My mother always wanted to write”, she said, “and that longing was transmitted to me. Therefore I am merely doing what my mother longed to do but failed to make come true. I’ve never really worked at being a writer.   I feel what I want to say and I say it.”

Just as in the case of Hamlin Garland, who wrote plate 3, she wrote romantic verse and stories. Thousands of those who are grandparents today, were her most ardent fans. However, the point that is important to you is that her letters written back in the early part of the century give you a picture of how she wrote because she wrote as she felt. If you hear either of these names spoken in conversation you will have no need to refer to an encyclopedia to know something about this man and woman. Their writing has given you a clear picture and as you gain new rules you will be able to come back and get better acquainted with them.

You have an entirely different emotional nature in plate 6, which is the Graphology Small of an internationally famous tennis player. The writing is definitely backhand, which means that he not only looks after himself, and looks at matters without bias, but that he goes to extremes in pulling back into himself rather than showing how he feels. While the other two writers were extroverts, this writing by Bill Tilden is that of an introvert, who is not going to rush in anywhere.