Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-21
WHAT Is A KISS!
A Vexed and Vital Question VariOlssly
Answered by LendOn tsTruth,s,, Vast
Army of Riddle WrestlerS.

The puzzle editor Of London Truth recently Of
Tered prize for the best brief definition of kiss
An immense number of answers were received and
many of them published. The following list, con-
tang the best OF them, makes interesting reading
language all can understand,
la any age and any land.
harmony IN red tGrOsvenor Gallery,
A KISS is declaration OF love by deed of mouth.
MY definitions commercial one,
olll presented, and stamp thereon.
The ever fashionable seal skin.
The ght of mother,
The toy OF flirt,
The hope OF lover,
The true ones desert.
Kisses are moths that steal from out the night,
Fiutter awhile, and perish in the light
Aspeechless token
OF things so sweet
They can't be spoken.
or1Smusce.
Loves proof impression taken both before
ana AFTER letters Oddly, too, the more
nG P Pm 1 sepsated the Impressions stronger,
mOnOSyllabic form of communication com.
posed only OF labials, frequently used as con-
junction, although an article, and more common
than proper.
A free press.
Child and mothers fond delight;
Lovers draught of sweetest bliss;
WOmanS veil of keeneSt spite:
kiss.
popular abrdgement OF an old story which.
while judici0usly curtailing the more involved
Passages OF the narrative, robs it OF none OF its
eioquence, ana manages TO preserve the authors
meaning.
II tit material for a kiss you seek,
lou need but two lips and a little cheek
The KEY which Opes the fatal door
TO thoughts unknown, unguesSed before:
But whether it's for veal or woe
THOSE cen who use it do not know.
Two pairs OF lips and couple of fools
kiss TO be sweet must be under the nose
~ tiS nninr fI,ar
The soft touch of a mothers lip on a sleepinp in
fant'S brow;
The impress warm, On a rosy mouth, that seals a
In JOY or SORROW loves token sweet when tongues
no Word may speak:
Auctions last 1onu tribute preSS'd the chill and
cndngeieSS cheek.
Sir. kisses are many and hard to define:
Some sAlIil-Inl and water-sOme maddening wine
f buo hisS defined singly, by Venus dove
SHOULD DC the nrSt clasp OF strong letters of love-
The best definition Of kiss?
why, barely, two mOuthSful OF bliss.
IL may mean little, it oft means much,
And O1tener nothing at all:
AND IFS always of as soon as it's on
And it is never the same to all.
What part OF speech Is it? noun some say.
common n ana proper, yet no speech it hath,
Nor Is IL e'er apart II takes away
The breath, SO that we "tell it not in Gaths
| Noun it may be, yet is its leading function
| 10 lead the lips TO form sweet Conjunction"
Scientifically considered hearty kiss resembles
| in principle nothing SO much as the action nv
which the lump-su ker fish attaches itself to a
stone or that OF the leather suckers" with which
urchns delight 10 lift pebbles. The lips OF the
k1Sser are pressed against those OF the kissee.
Slight exhaustion OF air is caused by a sdraWinr,'
acton on the part Of the agent active and the two
actors IN The farce are temporarily attached to each
other by the pressure of the external air The
kisSer cease, To exhaust the air within his mouth
the attachment Is broken, the farce ended.
The salute by Labial COTTON, the sweetness OF
which depends upon the age of the parties.
most unHsthetic result OF the close contact to
two rtces, sometimes exquisite, often dangerous,
and always unsatisfactory.
What's kiss? Simply this:
Four lips meet, two hearts greet:
Sans deceit, union sweet!
Rapture! Bliss! That's kiss
To pOut your lips and place them, sir.
To others close; and then
BY suction 10 compress them, sir,
vacuum within;
And, when this doth distress them, sir.
To open them agalni
Humid seal OF fond affection. promise OF a future
bliss;
Outward sign OF inward passion, such thy deflni-
ton kiss