The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-15
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those dwindled wasp waists that feel like
nothing even In one arm. There must b. suf-
Acient body to afford you what is called, in
familiar mechanics, apurchase. Too little di.
mension Ia worse than too much: any man OF
taste would rather hug . hogshead than pipe.
stem. Again 1t IL inconyenieut to Be Obliged
to put ladder against the object OF your ~.
fections in order to place yourself on leNeI
with that oral oriflce you SO much adiuI,e.
She must not be too tall. Neither must sne NC
too short. A ducklet Is a sweet thins. I I,.,n
10 asking too much Of your oask Iii ~ II wonr
| sweetheart is little and you are sLonk IN tnc
| arms, you can lift her up TO any ne'sns wv
| please-proyided she is not stout as WEI. Us
| short know she can STAND up on CHAT,
but that don't answer SO WE'LL
| n Are is an important item. But not so
| nnnrtant as you might imagine. On one &C.
| casion, l tasted an OLD woman ooraer'ng on
| disagreeable She was no relation Of mine,
| the kiss was not solicited, and was bestowed
with something more than maternal fondness.
To what cause l was indebted for the unex-
pected endowment have never been able to
conceive, unless it was to the Fate who prede-
rermined the writing OF TINS article Young
girls won't do they taste OF bread and butter.
They must be fully grown before their kisses
pay. Poets and such misty headed folk have
all sorts OF notions on this point: tell you
about the dew on the flower, the opening bud,
and the like of that; but these pretty concerts
won't stand the test OF trial. From twenty
to thirty is the right age, and from that up to
forty, in the case of healthy, married women
for, romance to the contrary Notwithstanding,
l am satisfied that married ladies kiss the best
They understand it, you see. Practice makes
perfect.
Ill. Complexion must not be overlooked. l
regret extremely to say it, but the fact is dark
compIexioned ladies kiss more sweetly than
those with fair compilations. l regret to say
this, because fair ladies are the only ones
can love. But honesty compels me TO give
the palm in kissing to brunettes. The ration
ale of this fact cannot give with any conh-
dence, but am of opinion that the vital and
spiritual essences which give flavor to kisses
are more concentrated in the dark than in the
light temperaments. Every one has observed
that in persons of fair complexion the blood
is distributed in a much greater degree to the
skin than to the mucous membranes, and blood
has great deal, almost everything, TO do with
the quality of a kiss for the Warmest, most
beautiful, and most spirituelle woman alive,
even though she be brunette, will not kiss
well if she be anemc from any cause, whether
naturally or from loss of the circulating fluid
by disease. The lips of fair women, as a gem
eral rule are comparatively pale, and their
skins are rarely If ever as smooth, as line OF
texture, and rs sparkling Of tint, as those OF
brunettes. Sentiment know, is against me
on this point. All the poets will refer me to
the Goddess of Love, as painted by the Greeks,
in blue and gold, in ivory and roses; but the
Greeks knew nothing about physiology, and
sentiment can never serve as an eq uipolse III
the balances against the exact sciences.
w. The shape Of the mouth must be con-
sidered. 1t is the test, If test there be at ALL to
the eye of the searcher after good kisses. 1t
must be admitted that there is certain pitch
of emotional inebriation in which the lover
experiences a sort Of tantaliZing pleasure in
kissing the hand of his beloved, or even the
back of her dress but let him have his way
and he will infallibly and unerrlngly arrive
at her mouth. There is q scientific reason for
this The biologists tell you that the great facial
nerve is connected by it's branches to the two all
important chronological organs, one situated a t
Ia nf hQ n a N flsaN hpr n a M
and that the pleruS of the bump of conjugal love
has It's location midway between the centre
and the outer angles of the upper lip, while
the pIsrRS of the love of children is developed
at the corners of the same lip, as is proved by
the sde-Wise way that mothers kiss their
| babes 1t is very certain that the under lip
has nothing whatever to do with kisses-it is
the eating lip, and has enough to attend to on
its own account Thus we arrive at the con-
clusion that the upper lip, and that alone, is
the place to look for the quality of kisses
Now, to its shape. Put it down as a
fixed fact that thin-lipped women are
t,rely ont OF the category of good kissers.-
But the upper lii must not be too thick, for
the reason that there the sweetness is dis
perSed over a large surface and thereby dilu-
ted, weakened. The upper lip may be of the
proper thickness, and yet have a hard look
Avoid the same. II wiry, fly for your life
When pale. do not expect much But some
times pale-lipped women when moved by the
warmth OF great love, show mouths as red as
rubes. Look out for this, or else you may
miss some of the very best kisses. Take care
you are not fooled by ria,gre rouge, which, to
the unpractised eye, gives to the lips the color
Of the ripest rose. As to the curvature of the
upper lip,-there is the form of Cupid's bow
SO often written about and which is certainly
tempting; but when you come to real kissing
it is neither here nor there. May be good, and
it may be not. Little bits of very red mo u tbs
that resemble sore gimlet holes, are altogether
unsatisfactory. Small mouth, little sense, TOR
the most part; and without sense, kiss is
virtually nothing. A kiss of this kind may
confer Il mOmentary animal enjoyment. 1t
reminds me of eating of sweet potatoes with
out butter; it may be warm, exceedingly
warm, but it is dry, After all, it is the soul
the sincere, truthful, pure woman's soul, in
the beautiful, healthy body, that makes u kiss
divine.
When You find lady with rather a large
mouth, the upper lip of which is of medium
thickness, rosy and humid, with the mucous
membrane not drawn smoothly over the I'M
DERIVING muscle, but gathered in minute deli
cate folds-and when you find that lip in con
veIsation playing with incessant mobility rs
| though every fibre were separate mouth to
| express the incest possible shades of mean
and silken, her skin clear and fair, and her eye
soft, open, candd-when you see this lady,
hesitate not a monochrome kiss from her will
be more to you than fame riches.
When the extreme edge of the upper lip is
curved upon itself like little scroll it is posi-
tive sign that the owner ofsaid ipis inordinate-
ly fond of kissing. You can kiss her without
much trouble-but, il you are not a brute, You
will soon get tired-and even if you are a
brute, you will get tired long, long before she
does.
All has not been said that might be said
touching this delightful subject, but the whole
may be summed up in a few words-these:-
The perfection of a kiss consists in that lucid,
thrilling, electric fire, which must be felt to be
appreciated or even remotely comprehended.
Finis, the End.