The Portland daily press., 1868-08-07
Miscellany.



When the Cardinal John of Lorraine was
presented to the Duchess of Savoy, she gave
him her hand to kiss, greatly to the indigna-
ton of the irate churchman. "How, madam"
exclaimed he, sam to be treated in this
manner? kiss the queen, my mistress and shall
l not kiss you who are only duchess ?" and
without more ado, he, despite the resistance
OF the proud little Portug aese 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 al
ter their lips, as some do, is like little boys
who after they eat an apple, fall to the par
ing. When Charles III. was making his tr-
umphal progress through England, certain
country ladies who were presented to him.
instead of kissing the royal hand in their SIM
plcity held up their pretty lips to be kissed by
the King-a blunder no one would more will
ingly excuse than the lover of pretty Nell
Gwynn. Another poet, the countryman of
Charter, had, two centuries later, the honor
OF being publicly kissed in the stage box by
the young and lovely Countess de Villars, but
IN Votaires case the lady gave the oscuato-
ry salute not OF her own free will, but in ODE
dience to the command of the ctdQueurs in
the pit, mad with enthusiasm for the poets
"Merope."
Georgana, Duchess of Devonshire, as our
readers will remember, gave steel. the
butcher, a kiss Tor his vote nearly a century
since, and another equally beautiful woman,
Jane, Duchess OF Gordon, recruited her regi-
ment in a similar mannsr. Duncan Macken-
zie, veteran of Waterloo, died in Elgin,
Scotland, December, 1866. BE delighted in
rslating how he kissed the Duchess, in taking
the shilling FROM between her teeth to be-
come one of her regiment-.he Gordon
Hlghlanders, better known as the ninety-sec-
ond. The old Scottish veteran of eighty-sev-
en- has not left one behind him to tell the
same tale about kissing the blue eyed Ouch
ess In the market-place of Duthill. The late
Daniel O'Connell hit upon novel mo lie of Sc
curing votes tor the candidates he bad named
at certain election, which test, considering
the constitutional temperament of his coun
trymen. is said to have proved effectual He
said, in reference to the unfortunate elector
who should vote against them, "Let no man
speak to him. Let no woman salute himw
gilbert Stuart, the portrait painter, is said
20 nave once met a lady in the streets of
Boston, who accosted him with:
"Ah! Mr.. Stuart. have just seen your
likeness, ard kissed it, because it was so
much like YOU"
And did it kiss you in returnP"
"Why, no."
not like me-" "''
Chevailer Bunsen, who rose from an hum
bic position in lite to great honor was a man
OF vast sao0ir, but little erudition As the |
oiogIan, the character to which he most as
pred, he was severely criticised by the cee- |
brated DIR. Merle D'Aubigne The two sa-
vans met at Berlin, at the Evangelical Ali
ance, held several years ago. Bunsen XII ssed
Merle; of course the polite Genevan could
but return the compliment. Great was the
ado about the "kiss of reconciliation" as the
Germans called it, much to the ANNOYANCE of
DIR. Merle, who had no idea of COMPROMISING
the solemn writers OF tn 'ology by kiss. Be-
sides, he said, he preferred the English Gus
tom in kissing to the German. A delicate
lnslnuation that, but the Professor meant
nothing.
The Rev. Sidney Smith says; "We are in
favor OF certain amount of shyness when
KISS is proposed, but it should not be too long.
and when the fair one gives it, let it be ad
mmlstered with warmth and energy-let
there be soul in it. If she close her ewes
ana sigh Immediately after it, the effect is |
greater. She should be careful not to slob-
Der kiss, but give it as humming- bird runs
bis bull into honey-suckle-deep but deli
cate. There is much virtue in kiss when
well delivered. We have the memory of one
we received into our mouth, which lasted us
forty years, and we believe it will be one of
the last things we shall think of when we
die.'
At Boulogne, 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 SOL
dIers who were keeping the line, that the lat
ter, in some instances. were obliged to give
way, ana generally were-to use the express
sion OF our policemen" impeded in the ex-
ecution of their duty" The officer in com
mand, observing the state of affairs, shouted
out, One roll of the drum-if they don't
keep back, kiss them ALL" After the first
sound of the drum the English ladies took to
hight. "Ifthey had been French" said Pa |
rIslan journal, they would have remained to
a woman"