The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1868-01-31
Interesting Anecdotes Relating to
Kisses.

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/ WHEN the Cardinal, John of Lor-
/ rainc, was presented TO the Duchess Of
Savory, she gave him her hand TO kiss,
/ greatly to the Indignation of the irate
churchman. GLOW, madam" eX-
claimed he, "am to be treated in this
manner? | kiss the Queen, my mis-
/ trcss, and shall.I 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 eXutant laugh. The dough-
! ty cardinal was apparently of one mind
with sheldon, who thought to "kiss la
dies hands after their lips, as some, is
like little boys who after they eat the
apple, ,fal to the pairing" When Charles
H. was making his triumphal progress
through England, certain country la
dies who were presented to him, instead
Of kissing the royal hand, in their sim
plicity, held up their pretty lips to be
kissed by the king--a blunder no one
would more willingly excuse than the
red-haircd lover of pretty Nell Gwynn.
| Another poet, the countyman Charter,
had two centuries later, the honor ofbe-
ing publicly kissed in the stage box by
the young and lovely Countess de Vii
lars: but in Noltaire's case, the lady
gave the osculatory salute not of her
own free will, but in obedience to the
command of the cldqueurS in the pit,
mad with enthusiasm for the poets
"Mcrope."
| Gcorgiana, Duchess of Devonshrc,
as our readers will remember, gave
steel, the butcher, a kiss, for his vote
nearly a century since, and another
equally beautiful woman, Jane, Ouch
css of Gordon, recruited her regiment
in a similar manner. Duncan Mackon
sic, veteran Of Waterloo, died in FL
gin, Scotland, December, 1866. He de.
lighted in relating how he kissed the
Duchess in taking the shilling from be-
tween her teeth to become one of her
regiment-the Gordon lIighlanderS,
better known a5 the 92d. The old Scot
tish veteran of cighty-sevcn 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 hitupon a novel mode
of securing votes for the candidates he
had named at a certain election, which
test considering the constitutional tem-
peramcnt Of his contry-men, is said
to have proved eifactual. He said in
reference to the unfortunate electors
who should vote against them, "Let ne
=. woman salute himW Gilbert stuart
. the portrait painter, is said to have one,
met Il lady in the streets of Boston
! who accostcd him with: "Ah! Mr.
stuart, | have just seen your Likeness
! and kissed it because ii looked so muct
II like you" "And did it kiss you in re
r turn?" "Why no." "Then," said tn
II gallant painter, sit was not like me-"
,s Some of our readers, who are not 5
young as they have been, may remem
ii Der the famous Yankee kiss, and tn
kiss of the last King of England befor
II he came to his estate. While in Nel
II York, the Prince called at barber
shop to bc shaved. When the operation
~ was completed, he stepped up to tn
c barbcr's wife, who CHANGED to be pres
cnt, and giving hera kiss, said: "Ihcr
II now you can say you have been kiese
II by member of the royal family" Tn
Il barber, greatly inccnscd by what h
chose to receive as IN insult, seized tn
] prince, and helping him out Of the shoI
= with his foot, exclaimed: "Therc, nov
il you can say you have received a roya
g kick from an American freeman
yl Chcvaicr Bunscn, who rose from ~
a humble position in life to great honor
d was a man of vast savoir but little cru
e dtion. As Il theologian, the characte
e to which he most aspircd, he was Sc
" vcrcly criticised by the celebrated ID
n Merle D'Albigne. The two savans mt
r at Berlin at the Evangcican Allianc
@ held several years ago. Bunsen kisse
d Merle; of course the polite Geneva
le could but return the compliment. Grea
1t was the ado about the "ki5, of rCconcil
t. alton" rs the Germans called it, niue
ic to the annoyance of DR.. Merle, VIII
=, had no idea of compromising the 50
d emn writer's Of theology by kiss. B'
II sides, he said, he preferred the Engii-
ie custom in kissing to the German.
o. delicate insnuation that, but the Pre-
A. fessor meant nothing wrong.
| The Rev. Sidney Smith says: : "W
Is are in favor Of n certain amount of sh.
is ness when kiss is proposed, but
lc should not be too long, and, when II
III fair one gives it, let it be administerC
in with warmth and encrgy-let there
If q soul in it. If she close her eyes NJ
II. sigh Immediately after it, the effect
Il. greater. She should be careful not
at slobbcr II kiss, bat give il As hUI
a ming bird runs his bill into u hone
a. suckIc-dccp but delicate. There
it, much virtue in kiss when well deli
ou cred, We have the memory OF one \
received in our youth, which lasted
forty years, and we believe ii will
he one of tho last things we shall think
an when we die"
mol At Bologne, during the reception
m. Queen Victoria, June, 1855, numl
IN. of English ladies, in their anxiety
he see everything, pressed with such fo
cd against the soldiers who were keepi
es the line, that the latter, in some
its stance, were Obliged to give way, q
he generally were-to use the express
ST. of our policemen--"impeded in the
led ccution Of their duty," The officer
Al. command observing the state Of alIa
ny, shouted our, 'ohe ron OF lho oFuh',
they don't keep back kiss them al
in After the sound Of the drum the
bv glish ladies took to flight, "If Il
IN. had been French" said Partisan lo
,,e. nal, "they would have remained t
Inr. woman."