Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-05-24
Kissing.
A kiss is like . sermon. 81,

Kissing. = '''ss
A kiss is like . sermon. cit re-
quires t,oo heads and an opplscotion."
It deals with the hidden spirit by means
Of tangible symbols. 1t is like faith,
in that it is ssthe substance of things |
hoped for" 1t is the language of af-
fiction, the echo of love, and the con.
centration Of bliss ; it is Of "good re-
port" and pleasing to our ears +; it is
eloquence ''dwelling with sweet accents
upon the lips." It is both vocal and
instrumental ''harmonies'' in language
Ineligible to all ages. It is the '.seaP'
of fathers blessing, the "witness"
of mothers love, the guarantee of a
brothers protection, the ''surety" of
sisters devotion, the :'gate" to the
lovers heaven, and something that
mere friends have nothing to do with.
It is very fashionable for Misses Ct a
certain age to insist that cit is all
foolishness, and decidedly silly" We
never hear such on expression without
thinking of circumstance that actu-
ally occurred, somewhere in Indiana,
if we rightly remember. A gentleman
stopped at house by the wayside for
information as to the route he was
taking, and found a woman ironing,
with her little child trying to amuse
itself upon the floor; the little one was
some q years old, very neatly dressed,
evidently scrupulously cared for, and
eminently handsome. The gentleman,
while talking to the mother, picked up
the child and kissed it; the little one
looked up in such perfect establishment
that tho gentleman remarked, "Why,
my little dear, one would think that you
we're not used to being kissed" The
mother answered for the child, 81 don't
believe, sir, that she was ever kissed be-
fore in her life. I'm sure I never done
such thing, and I never knew its father
to do So" Lord have mercy on tina
. child, and send it somebody to love it
| was the gentleman's prayer, as hemad'
sure that his wallet was in it's place
e and took himself out of the house q
# fast as possible. Not to know tn
d holy kiss of q mother, the fond EN-
It brace of father, the earnest lip pres
of brothers and sisters, is to fail in tn
if development of the soul in an essentia
i and vital degree and surely what i
y so wondrous holy in infancy, so rein
!. ing in childhood, SO worthy in parents
( and so prevalent upon the hearthstone
81 is not a matter to be disposed Of wit
'st sneer, or dismissed with "pooh.
s. Kissing, like the marriage bells, or tn
at blessed truths Of the Bible, never wea,
70 Z; out ii is like them, always new, fresl
" and interesting and for the sam
tn reason, viz it deals with affections
bsyy which, unlike the intellect, loves II
familiar, delights with the old, and
coy of the new and strange.
The variety of kisses are not small
IS There is the kiss paternal, the XII
a. connubial, (and pre- connubial, an
n the kiss promlscuous. The last tv
at varieties are the only ones to which v
object. We have often thought in re-
70 erence to the kiss promiscuous, one
~ the blessings Of the man over the W
~ man consisted in being relieved Of th
10 conventional duty. 1t seems to US,
70 very many instances, like casting pear
w w before swine, and illustrating the O.
- ~ adage Familiarity breeds contempt.
~ A man or womanwho makes himse
or herself common in this respect, mu
not wonder if they are not always al
al preciated. Notwithstanding all tn
So we have said, We are not slow to col
o fess that in many cases the practice
~ carried to unseemly and ridiculo,
~ lengths. What sense is there in |,
e 81 dy's receiving every feminine call
"a with the same expressions that we wou
eo greet the return of a long abse
ut brother or husband ? Is it not hyp'
s. critical lie for Mrs. Jones to thus 9,
3. press affection for Mrs. Quidnun
r when, in her heart, Mrs. J. wishes MIR
~ ~ @. at home ? Is it not outrageous to
ne expected to put mothers lips to ev
Up rybody's baby, clean or dirty?