The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1881-09-01
Something About Kissing.

Something About Kissing.
This subject has recently attracted
more attention than has usually been ac-
corded to it. 1t may be that dearth
OF spring po9hy has left the editorial
repertory without suitable supply of
sentimental material, and it may be the
weather had something to do with it, but
whatever the cause, the fact remains
that the subject of kissing has been given
unusual prominence by both the pro-
vincial and metropolitan press. It may
not have been wise thing to do, for
several very apparent reasons, chiefest
OF which has been the tendency to lower
ones estimate of the real value of the
transaction by having too much said
about it, and thereby bringing it into
general use. One can readily understand
how pastime, sufficiently pleasant with
reasonable indulgence, may lose half it's
sweetness by being allowed too much
freedom of expression.
We object to being told that "kissiug
does not require an act of Congress to
make it legal" SO long as We can feel
that some restraining power is neces-
sary, that the inclination does require,
II not congressional enactmC It. at least
some prohibitory measures, kissing will
be kept up to the standard of genuine
enjoyment. Nothing enhances the pleas
ures of something's more than feeling
that their indulgence is prohibited or at
least opposed by objections sufficiently
strong to impart just little flavor Of
naughtiness to the proceeding. Ever
since the transaction in the garden of
Eden forbidden pleasure have always
been sweetest to the daughters and sons
OF men, and the great majority of peo-
pie would prefer some Jurisdiction Oh the
subject that would insure continuance
OF the pleasurable emotions experienced
by akiss.
We offer few quotations to show how
much pleasure some people derive from
this source and deprecate anything which
has tendency to detract from such ex-
quisite enjoyment.
You kissed mel My soul, In bliss 10 divine,
Reeled and ewooned, like drunken man foolish
And thought 'twere delicious to die there, II death
Should come while my lips yet moist with your
And these are tho questions ask day and night;
Must nay lips taste but once the exquisite delight
Which thrilled by whole soul with rapture and
As your lips clung to mine In that passionate kiss
would you care If your breast were my shelter, as
And II you were here would you kiss me again?"
| q,
even while not recommending Just this
style for general use, as the reaction
from such exhilaration would not be de-
sirable. We think it would have tend
ency to shorten life, as our lives ar
measured by heart beats, not by years
and anything that 80 stirs the blood anc
maddens the pulse should be held il
reasonable subjection. Once or twice il
O lifetime would be all that ordinar,
mortals might hope to endure.
Tennyson seems to have On apprecia
tion of what kiss should be when hc
makes one Of his heroines say:
| 80 Love- o fret Once he drew
With one long kiss my whole soul through
My lips, as sunlight drinketh dow"
And Byron, also must have had some
= such experience in view when he wrote
| Zone remna,t of Paradise still is on earth .
For Eden reviVcs In the sweet kiss OF love"
Perhaps Joaquin Miller more fully
understands tho inspiration orn of i
kiss when he gives utterance to the fol
| lowing:
LET red lips lift, proud curlcd to kiss
In love too passionate for speech,
Too full OF blcssedncss and bliss
For anything but this, and this"
And again:
" Since man must die for some dark sim
Let my death-cl ime be one deep kiss"
Bat poets are not the only ones whc
understand and appreciate the. pleasure
of q kiss. It is one of the luxuries o.
life which all well-organized people have
moro or less inclination, and people
usually follow their inclinations. They
may not be able to express their scnti.
ments and experiences either in poetry
or prose, but this is not Mt all necessary
for absolute and perfect enjoyment.
Temperament, surrounding circum-
stances, time and place, have, probably,
more to do with it than poetry; though
we do not pretend to deny that there is
q great deal of poetry in kiss. ss.-Kansa8
CITY Times.