The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-05-21
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scented to the Duchess Of Savoy, she gave him
her hand to kiss, greatly to the indignation
Of the irate churchman. 'rIow, madam"
exclaimed he, Gam | to be treated in this man
nerR I kiss the Queen, my m%istross. and
shall | not kiss you who are only aDutchess9 ?"
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 exultart laugh, The doughty
Cardinal was apparently Of ono mind with
Sheldon, who thought to kiss 'lsdies' hands
after their lips, as some do, is like little boys
who, after they eat an apple, fall to the par
ing..s when Charles II. was making his tri-
unphal progress through England, certain
country ladies who were presented TO him,
instead Of kissing the royal hand, in their
simplicity held mp their pretty lips to be kiss
cd by the King-a blunder no one would more
willingly excuse than tho red-halred lover Of
pretty Neil Gwynn. Another poet, the eoun-
trynan of Charter, had, two centuries later,
the honor Of being kissed IN the stage box by
the Dung and lovely Countess de villars ut
in Vol.aire's case, the lady gave the o~seulato-
ry salute not Of her own free will, but in obe-
dicnce,to the command OF the elygveRrs in the
pit, mad with enthusiasm for the poets "Aie-
rope"
Georgisns, Duchess OF Dovonshire, as our
leaders will rem ember, gave Steel, the butcher.
q kiss for his vote nearly a century since aud
another equally beautiful woman, Jane, Dutch
ess Of Gordon, recruited her regiment in SINH.
lar manner. Duncan Mackenzie, n veteran Of
Waterloo, died in Elgin, Scotland, December
1890. He delighted in telling how he kissed
the Duchess in taking The shilling from between
her teeth 10 become one Of her icgiment--tho
Gordon Highlsndcrs, better known as the cal,
The old Scottish veteran of eighty-seven has
not left one behind him TO tell the sam tale
about kissing TIE blue DutchCss in the mar
kst place OF Du,hill.
The late Daniel O'CUnneH hit upon
q novel mode OF securing votes for tho
candidates he bad named ut a certain
election, which test, considering the
constitutional temperament of his
country men, is said TO have proved
etfectual. He said, m reference to the
unfortunate elOctor who sAould vote
against them, Let no man speak 10
him. Let no woman salute him"
Gilbert stuart, the portrait painter,
is sa!d to have once met . lady in the
streets Of Boston, who accosted "hrm
with "Ahi Nj. Stuart, l have just
seen your likeness, and kissed il be-
cause 1t was so much like you" And
did il kiss you in return ?" "Why,
no" Then" sand tho gallant pain
ter, sit is not ike mo-"
Some of our readers who are not SO
young US they have been, may remem
6er the famous Yankee kiss, and kiss
OF the last King Ot England before he
camo 20 his estate. While in Now
York, tho Prince called Mt o BARRIERS
shop to tie shaved. When the opera
uon was completed, he stepped up to
the BARRIERS vito, who CHANGED to DO
present, and giving her a kiss, remark
cI There; now you "a say you
have been kisscd by a member of the
royal family" Tho barber, greatly
incensed by what no chose TO receive
Us an insult, seized tho Prince, and
helped him out of tho SHOP with his
loot, exclaimed There, now you can
say you received q royal kick from! an
American freeman"
Chevalier liuhscn, who rOso from
an humble position in life TO great
honor, was a man Of great s%aroir, but
little crudition. As %theologIan, the
character to which he most asplrcd, he
was severely criticised by tho cclcbra-
ted DR.. Merle D'AubiHne. The two
savans met AZ Bernn NJ the Evangeli.
can Alliance held several years ago.
Bunsen Kissed Merle; of course The
polite Gonovan could not return the
compliment. Great was tho ado made
about tho "kiss of reconciliation us
the Germans called il, much to the
ammo, II c OF Dir. Merle, who had no
idea OF compromising tho solemn writ.
ers of theology by II kissl Beside, he
said, be preferred the English custom
in kissing to tbs German. A delicate
i%nsinuatIon that. but tho Profe ssor
meant nothing wrong.
The Rev. Sldny Smith says:
ave are 10 favor of CERTAIN amount
Of shyness when kiss is proposed, but
it should not DO too long, and when
the fair one gives 1t, let it BIO adminIs-
tered with warmth and onergy-lct
there be q soul IN IT. If she closes hur
eyes and sight Immediately after it, tho
effect is greater. She should be care.
ful not 20 slobbor q kiss, but give il
as II humming.bird runs his bill into
n honysucklc-deep but delicate
There IS much virtue in a kiss when
well delivered. We have the memory
of oDe we received incur mouth, which
lasted as forty years, and we bcheve
1t will be n of the last things We shall
think of when we diel'f 1,..3
AT B1lognc, during tho reception OF
Queen Victoria, juno 1855, a number
OF English lSdies, in their snxietyT to
soc everything, passed with such ioreo
against The soldiers who were keeping
the limo. TINT tho laLter, IN semu IN.