Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-17
For the MESSENGER.
Kissing.

Kissing lady, says our friend John,
is like eating soup with fork. The
reason is obvious. My own expert
fence was very amusing. arrived at
that age when boy calls his father
old man, and impatiently waits the
coming Of his mustache, and as usual
with all hObbledehoys, must have
lover. AS was taking my departure,
one evening, she looked as if she was
waiting for something, and as he paus
ed by her side she turned her face to
mine and kissed, alas her nose. Oh
how she did laugh and emboldened by
my success made another dive and
kissed her lips. Ozs poets sing of being
kicked by mule, or of drinking extra
soda, but those two soft, clinging lips,
took all the stamina from me and left
me to limp. l could only brace myself
and hold on. and then, like Brete Harte,
" l slipped the nectar of her lips l sip.
ped and lowered over her." and also,
like him, her fathers hoof flashed on
the scene. l was wiser then and sour (.
There is an art about it, which only
comes of long and continued practice.
Some ladies give their lovers little sip
ping kisses, like they were tasting
pepper sauce, but nothing but the genu-
inc article will satisfy John. 1 Just
stand square on my pins and take in
all the sweetness in series of long
pulls, and he is foolish who don't.
Kisses may be classed as follows:
The kiss of respect, which lightly and
gently falls upon the forehead that of
friendship, which is simply brushing
the cheek with the lips, and the old
fashioned square kiss Of affection upon
the lips. What lover does not know of
the long, soft, sweet lingering caresses,
which seems to draw the very soul
through the lips. He hath not lived
who hath not loved, sings the poet.
He hath not loved who hath not kissed,
sings our friend John. The most anus
ing one is when two women, who are
rivals, meet and as their lips meet in
the loving embrace, their hearts are
raging, horrid things. o ! how hate
you. The most bitter ones are when
the girl, we are spoony on, is kissed by
another fellow. o it is bitter, more
bitter than draught from a quassia
cup, and we would have called him out
and given him such chastisement as
he would never forget but he is lit
tie larger than ourself-discretion is
better than valor. Wasted ones are
when two pretty girls meet. There's
a lot of poor fellows who never get any,
and who would be willing to take the
entire stock on hand and mortgage
on the rest if permitted to do so, and
thereby save deal of wasted sweet
ness; but the worst utterly utter thing
is the unkissed kisser those which
makes fellow feel like our friend, the
NJ, the other night, as he stood waiting
with that kiss me quick, and don't
tell" look in his face, and then didn't
get one; no, not the shadow of one.
The girls made him practice what he
preached. But young ladies should be
careful whom they kiss. II it is their
lover, very well but they should re-
member that he who kisses your lips
with your consent, may claim your
body and soul, and you will find it hard
to resist a claim so sealed. But 1t all
may be summed up in these words II
1t was not lawful lawyers would not al
low 1t; If it was not holy, ministers
would not do it; II it was not modest,
maidens would not permit it; If it was
not plenty, poor men could not get it..
But, for myself, continued he, I'll just
hold on as long as can without props,
and then reluctantly tear myself away
to 20 to the other girl and repeat the
same performance. But it's awful
weakening. PUCK.