Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-01
FAMOUS KISSES.
what the kiss of p Pretty Woman Will
ds, and what the 1.ss sT a man viii
n0t do.

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, madam, exclaimed he am 1 to
be treated in this manner? I kiss the
Queen, my mistress, and shall net kiss
you, who are only a Duchess ?'' and with
out more ado, be, despite the resistance
of the proud little Portuguese Princess,
kissed her thrice on the mouth, before
be released her, with an ezultant laugh
The doughty cardinal was apparently Of
one mind with Sheldon, who thought to
Kiss ladies' hands after their lips, as
some DO, is ike little boys who after eat
ing an apple, fail TO the pairing. When
Charles Ii. was making his triumphul
progress through England, certain
country ladies who were presented TO
him, instead of kissing rhe royal hands,
in their simplicity held up their pretty
lips to be kissed by the King blum
der no one would more willingly excuse
than the lover of pretty Nelly Gwyna.
A great poet, the cOuntryman of Chan
tier, had, two centuries later, the honor
Of being publicly kissed in the stage
box by the young and lovely Countess
de Yiilars, but in VOltaire 5 case the
lady gave the oscularity salute, not of
her own free viii, but in obedience to
the command of the clagusurs in the pit,
mad with enthusiasm for the poets
" Merope"
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, as
our readers viii remember, gave Steele,
the butcher, kiss for his vote, nearly
century since; and another equally
beautiful woman, Jane, Duchess of
Gordon, recruited her regiments in
similar manner Duncan Mackenzie, a
veteran of Waterioo, died in Elgin,
Scotland, December, 1853 He delight
ed in relating now he kissed the Ouch
ess, in taking the shilling from between
her teeth, to become one Of her regi-
ment-the Gordon Highlanders, better
known as the Ninety second, The old
Scottish veteran of eighty-se has not
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'Connell hit upon a novel mode
of securing votes for the candidates he
had named at a certain election, which
test, considering the constitutional TEN
permanent of his countrymen, is said to
have proved effeetual He said in refer
ence TO the unfortunate eleetor 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 meet a lady
in the streets of Boston, who aeeOsted
him All Mr. Stuart, | have Just
seen your likeness, and kissed it, be-
cause it was so much ike you" And
did it kiss you in return2" why, nc"
F." Then, said the gallantpainter, ''its not
like me"
Chevalier Bunsen, who rose from an
humble position in life to great honor,
was man Of vast saUiOr, but little erudi-
ton As theologian, the character to
which he most aspired, he was severely
criticised by the celebrated DR.. Merle
D'Aubigne. The two sapans met in
Berlin, at the Evangelical Alliance, held
several years ago. Bunsen kissed Merle.
Of course the polite Geneyan could be
but return the compliment. Great was
ado about the kiss of reconciliation,
as the Germans called it, much to the
annoyance of Dr. Merle, who had no
idea of compromising solemn writers OF
theology by kiss. Besides, he said,
he perferred the English custom in kiss
ing to the German. a delicate intlma-
ton that, but the professor meant moth
ing.