Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-05-21

IaSt lining LlaG WAS QOne was 10 KISS edC
other, all three around.
THE KISS CORDIAL OF A WOMAN VII
had ACCUSED HER PASTOR OF IMPRoPE
ADVANCES.
Describing an interview with Mr.. an
Mrs. Tilton in May, 1911
| After little-as >lversation and explain
ations, wiki s,usA place, he (Iilton) be
came q soy .nd we fell into an cas-.
az 4.esslike chat, and in the cours
sitting there in the old-fashionel
~ in his house, l went up and argued
sat down on his knee, as it were to make
the appeal closer, and, when [ was sittins
| there, Mrs. TiltOn came into the room anC
burst laughing. I recollect that inter
view, and think when she came into the
room she came up and kissed me very cor
daily
THE KISS OF INSPIRATION.
describing an interview with Mrs. Moul
ton in May, 1878.
! She came up behind me near my left
shoulder, and said: s'Mr. Beecher, don 4
believe the stories. that they are telling
about you; I believe that you are a good
| man." turned a little towards her, and
said: Emma Moulton, / am good man,
you may be sure of that; l am good man, .
and with that she put her hand gently
around my neck. so as to bring my head
up little, and. kissed me on the forehead.
and 1t. was certainly kiss of inspiration:
still thought it prudent not to return,
and sat perfectly still at the table, and
She sat down upon the sofa in moment.
and then after little while Mr.. Moulton
came back again, and we had some slight
further conversation, and / got up and
went home.
Question-You have 81 oxen, Mr.. Beech
er, this morning, about one interview in
which Mrs. Moulton kissed you on the
forehead; you spoke of that kiss as an in
splration; what did you mean by that ex-
preston?
Answer meant-well, it was a token
OF confidence; it was salutation that did
not belong to the common courtesy of life:
neither was it a kiss of pleasure, or any,
thing of that kind, but it was, as I have
sometimes seen it in poetry-if you will ex-
cuse met vast seemed to me, a holy
kiss
Questlon-You said something about
your returning it.
Answer--Well, sir, l felt feltso deep
ly grateful that, if had returned the kiss,
might have returned it with an enthu-
siasm that would have offended her deli
cacy; it was not best, under the circum-
stances, that she and l should kiss.
THE KISS PASTORAL IN THE ABSENCE OF
THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY.
Describing his relations with Mrs. Til
ton, previous to $780,
Question: Were you in the habit of kiss
ing her Mrs. Tilton)?
Answer was when 1 had been absent
any considerable time.
Question-And how frequently did that
occur?
Answer-Very often; kissed her as
would any of my own family.
Question--Were you in the habit of kiss
ing her when you went to her house in the
absence of her husband?
MISUNDERSTANDING l did, sometimes |
did not.
Question: what prevented you on
the occasions when you did not?
Answer-It may be that the children
We're there then; it might be that she did
not seem in the--to greet me in that way.
SYDNEY SMITHS VIEWS.
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 administered with
warmth and energy; let there be soul in it.
If she close her eyes, and signs Immediately
after it, the effect is greater. She should
be careful not to slobber kiss, but give it
as The humming bird runs his bill into a
but delicate There is
much virtue in kiss when well delivered.
We have the memory of one we received
in our youth, which lasted us forty years,
and we believe it will be one of the last
things We shall think of when we die.
MICHAEL ANGELo's MISTAKE.
Michael Angelo should have livedin our
day. At sixty de became enamored of
beautiful widow. who died, and the great
sculptor ever afterward repented that he
lad not kissed her forehead and cheeks, as
well as her hand, at the hour of parting.
A SCOTCH LADDIE ON THE GENERAL.
ISSUE.
Oh, ii it wasna lawful