The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-03-04

When the wrong man kisses tho right
woman or the right man kisses the wrong
woman-and both sometimes happen-it
does not always follow that there is a
disturbance about it. The world can
never know how much unauthorized
kissing has been done and forgiven and
forgotten. In the naturally wild and
audacious career of the human kind there
is n great deal of that sort of business,
and it is just as well that it is not cruelty
dragged before the public on every oc-
casion. If that were always done 1t
would be very discouraging to a reason
ably delightful pastime which more or
less concerns everybody. Many OF the
cares and trials of this world find relief
in a kiss; it is very little thing, uncom-
monty sweet for its size, and one of the
few luxuries of this world which well
organized people never get too much OF.
Nobody who understands even the rudi-
ments of kissing disdains its practice, and
those who have been SO fortunate rs to
reach something of the science of the
thing are not easily restrained in their
pursuit of supreme happiness. A kiss
doesn't cost anything, and it's pretty
small matter to make q disturbance
about, and most people will endure a
great deal of kissing without getting
angry about it and regarding it rs mis-
fortune to make public complaint. Now
and then, however, human nature Is put
10 an awful test in this way, and human
nature breaks down. A man may not
be so particular about putting his kisses
where they will do the most good; the
chief aim of man is to get the kiss, and
he is frequently too hasty and too reck-
less about it. But woman is apt to be
little more considerate III her prefer
ences.
There was an Illinois woman, now,
who had a prejudice against being kissed
by tailor-possibly because the other
eight parts of the man were not around
although the tailor was perfectly free
to say that he had no prejudice against
kissing the lady. He regarded her as
sweet enough to kiss and frankly told
her SO. There are some cold, proud
women who in some unaccoutable way
have got into this world who would not
be affected by any such talk, but the
number of these is very, very few.
Whether the Illinois woman was one of
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dispute. 1t is also undecided whether
she told the tailor he was handsome
man; she insists that, being truthful
woman, she could not have done SO
conscientiously, while Tie takes the OPP
posite side of the question. There is,
however, no controversy about the one
point that he did kiss her, and after all
this is the most important thing. 1t is
not certain just what was the matter
with this kiss-whether it was not mp
to the standard or whether there may not
be something peculiar about tailor s
kiss. But it is certain that the lady
didn't lose much time in telling her hus.
band about it, and the husband lost no
time in horse-whipping the tailor for
doing just what he had doubtless himself
done thousand times. In this way the
matter became the property of the public,
for the tailor proceeded against the nus
band for assault Such course is as
strange as it is unusual, and if allowed
to go on unrebuked must inevitably cut
a tailor off from many of the good things
of this world. Phil. Times.