Smyrna times., 1869-01-13
Mise ceIIU n e o us.
FAMOUS KISSES.

FAMOUS KISSES.
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, 'am | to be treated in this man
nar? l kiss the queen, my mistress, and shall
| | not kiss you, who are only duchess?' and
without more ado, he despite the resistance Of
the proud Portuguese princess, kissed her
thrice on the mouth, before he released her.
with an exulting laugh. The doughty Card-
nal was apparently of one mind with Sheldon,
who thought to kiss ladies hands after their
lips, as some do, is like little boys who, after
they eat an apple, fall to the pairing. When
Charles ii. was making his triumphal pro-
gress through England, certain country ladies
who were presented to him, instead of kissing
the royal hand, in their simplicity held up
their pretty lips to be kissed by the king-a
blunder no one would more willingly excuse
than the lover of pretty Nell Gwynne. Another
poet, the countryman of Charter, had two
centuries later, the honor of being publicly
kissed in the stage box by the young and love-
ly Countess dc Nlllars; but in EOltaire' S case
the lady gave the o,culatory salute, not of her
own free will, but in obedience to the clIqlcrS
in the pit, mad with enthusiasm for the poet s
" Merope."
Georgiana, Duchess of DevonShire, gave
Steel, the butcher, kiss for his vote nearly
a century since and another equally beautiful
woman, Jane. Duchess of Gordon, recruited
her regiment in a similar manner Duncan
Mackenzie, a veteran of Waterloo, died in
Elgin, Scotland, December, 1866 He delight
ed in relating how he kissed the Duchess, in
taking the shilling from between her teeth, to
become one of her regment-the Gordon
HighlanderS, better known as the Ninety
second The Scottish veteran of eghty-seven
l.. l i i III. l.. 4
kissing the blue-eyed Duchess in the market
place of Duthill The late Daniel O'COnnel
hit upon novel mode of securing votes for
= the candidates he had named at a certain elec-
ton which test, considering the constitutional
. temperament of his cOuntrymen, is said tG
have proved effectual. He said, in reference tC
; the unfortunate elector who should vote against
t them Let no man speak to him. Let nc
woman salute him!" Gilbert Stuart the pOr
n trait painter, is said to have once met lady
i in the streets of Boston, who accosted him with
"Ah, Nr. Stuart, have just seen your like
. ness and kissed it, because it was so much lik,
e you.
7; And did it kiss you in return?"
"Why, no.
"Then," said the gallant painter, &C it wa
not like me-
Chevalier Bunsen, who rose from an hum
BILE position in life to great honor, was ma
m m Of vast knowledge of the world, but little cru
:, dition. AS theolOgian, the character tC
a which he most aspired, he was severely criticise
Sc by the celebrated DR.. Merle D. Aubigne Th
two literary men met at Berlin at the Evan
eu gelical Alliance held several years ago. Bun
IN sen kissed Merle OF course the polite Gene
j. van could but return the compliment. Grea
was the ado about the kiss of reconciliation,
as the Germans call d it, much to the annoy
ance of DIR. Merle, who had no idea of CON
promising the solemn writers of theology by
III kiss. Besides he said, he preferred the Eng
land custom in kissing to the German.
ea The Rev. Sydney Smith says We are
cid favor of a certain amount of shyness when
he kiss is proposed but it should not be too oni
&c and. when the fair one gives it, let it be aC
as er ministered with warmth and energy-et ther
the ae be soul in it. If she close her eyes and sig
sntt Immediately after it, the effect is greater. Sh
IRE should be careful not to slObber kiss, b'
nd. nd. give it as hummng- bird runs his bill into
der honeysucke- but delicate. There is niue
'aE o% virtue in kiss when we'll delivered. W
have the memory of one we received In OF
youth, which lasted us forty years, and we b'
and iieee it will be one of the last things we sh;
r.. think of when we die"
ss sec, At Bolougne, during the reception OF Que
ft9o Victoria, June, 1854, number OF Engh
had ladies' in their anxiety to see everything, pre-
eir nsii sed with such force against the soldiers wi
per were keeping the line, that the latter, in son
instances, were obliged to give way, and ge
erally were-to use the expression OF our p
y of licemen-"i impeded in the execution of the
n Of duty" The officer in command, observing {
the state of affairs, shouted out Zone roll Of t
lent drum-if they do not keep back, kiss the
'rdg ig all" After the first sound of the drum, {
nee, nee, English ladies' took fight. If they had be
the French, said a Partisan journal, they wou
.eeg. have remained to a woman"