Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-22
Oscalatory Anecdotes - Disiin-
ri. guished kissing In the Past.

When the Cardinal John of Lorraine
was presented to the Duchess of Savoy,
she gave him her hand to kiss, greatly to
the Indignation of the irate churchman.-
.How, madame" exclaimed he, 'sam l to
be treated in this manner? | kiss tie
queen, my mistress, and shall not kiss
you, who are only duchess ?" and without
more ado he, despite the resistance of the
proud little Portuguese princess, kissed
her thrice on the mouth before he released
her. with an exultant laugh. The doughty
cardinal was apparently of one mind with
Sheldon, who thought ''to kiss ladies' hands
nfter their lips, as some do, is like the boys
who, after eating the apple, tall to the par
ing.' When Charles II. was making his
triumphal progress through England, Ger
tain country ladies who were presented to
him, instead OF kissing the royal hands, in
their simplicity held up their pretty lips to
be kissed by the king-a blunder no one
would more willingly excuse than the red
haired lover of pretty Nell Gwynn. An
other poet, the countryman OF Charter,
had, two centuries later, the honor of be-
ing kissed in the stage-box by the young
and lovely Countess de Villars; but in Vol
taire's case, the lady gave the osculatory
salute, not of her own free will, but in obe-
dience to the commands OF the clamors in
the pit, mad with enthusiasm for the poets
s.Metope." rs ~
Georgianna, Duchess of Devonshire, as
our readers will remember, gave Steele, the
butcher, a kiss for his vote nearly century
since, and anotherequally beautiful woman,
Jane, Duchess of Gordon, recruited
Mackenzie, veteran of Waterloo, died at
EIyin, Scotland, in 1866. He delighted in
relating how he kissed the Duchess in
taking the shilling from between her teeth
to become one of her regiment-the Gordon
Highlanders, better known as the Ninety
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seven has left one behind him to tell the
same tale about kissing the blue eyed
Duchess In the market place OF Duthill.
The late Daniel O'ConHell hit upon a
novel mode of securing votes for the can
didates he had named at at acertain election,
which test, considering the constitutional
temperament OF his countrymen, is said to
have proved effectual. He said. in refer
ence to the unfortunate elector who should
vote against them. Let no man speak to
him; let no woman salute him."
Gilbert Stuart, the portrait painter, is
said to have once met a lady in the streets
of Boston who accOsted him with, "Ah
MIR. Stuart, l have just seen your likeness,
and kissed it because it was SO much like
you.'' "And did it kiss you in return ?"
SWhy no.'' "Then," said the gallant paint
er, it was not like me-"
Some of our readers, who are not so
young as they have been, may remember
King of England before he came to his es-
tate. While in New York the Prince call
ed at barber shop to be shaved. When
the operation was completed, he stepped up
to the barber's wife, who Glanced to be
present. and, giving her kiss. remarked
aThere, now you can say you have been
kissed by member of the royal family"
The barber, greatly iucensed by what he
chose to receive as an insult, seized the
Prince, and helping him out of the shop
with his foot, exclaimed: "There, now,
you can say you have received a royal kick
from an American freeman"
ssChevalier Bunsen, who rose from hum
BILE position in life to a great honor, was a
man of vast sauoir but little erudition. As
theologian, the character to which he
most aspired, he was severely criticised by
the celebrated DIR. Merle d'Aubigne. These
two savans met at Berlin at the Evangeli-
can Alliance, held several years ago. Bun
sen kissed Merle; of course the polite Cen
evan could but return the compliment
Great was the ado about the kiss of rec
onciliation," as the Germans called, much
to the annoy ance of DIR. Merle, who had
no idea of compromising the solemn writers
of theology by a kiss. Besides, he said he
preferred the English custom In Kissing to
the German. A delicate insinuatiOn that,
but the Professor meant nothing wrong.
At Boulognc, during the reception OF
Queen Victoria, June, 1856, a number OF
English ladies, in their anxiety to see every
thing, pressed with such force against the
soldiers who were keeping the line that the
latter, In some instances, were Obliged to
give way, and generally were-to use the
expression of, our policemen-''impeded in
the execution of their duty" The officer
in command observing the state of affairs,
shouted out, .'One roll of the drum they
don't keep back kiss them all" At the first
sound of the drum the English ladies took
to oiffight. s.1f they had been French" said
a Partisan journalist, "they would have re-
mained to GalaSy.