Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-17
GRADED KISSES.
Beginning With the Momentary and In.
different Smack to the Long and
SOul.Drawing Buster.
Women and Their Wear-Beeeher and
NewtOn-White, the Amateur
Astronomer.
Regular Correspondence OF the Appeal

Regular Correspondence OF the Appeal
NEW YORK, June ii "A curious investi-
cation was N ade the other day by party of
young fellows, who had dswdled most OF the
afternoon away at the Windows Of belmont
co.'s bsT-room. 1t was a little in the way Of
science, but not much; and l don't cay thar
1t wss valuable, except by contrast with the
rreater worthlessness of their ordinary do
ings. They were languidly discussing the
length of a minute as compared with the
usual conception of il. 1t was truly asserted
that occurrences of few seconds duration
seemed to occupy ss many minutes, under
some circumstances. One had asserted that
4 certain round in a boxiug-match, reported
In the newspapers as occupying hall min
ute, had really lasted not less than two min
utes. His accuracy OF judgment was st once
pitted against that OF the reporters, and he
was himself made the referee. This was
done by letting him call ''ime" for an
i'm sginsry repetition of the round, and "stop"
a. its close, While the others noted the lapse
of time. Wei, MS mental measurement of
two minutes was equal 10 just three-quarters
OF a minute By the watch. Then the handles
tried to realize the length oil minute by
holding their breath, but mat psstime proved
too exhausting, and had quickly been
dropped, when two girls met and kissed on
the opposite sidewalk.
"Wharsstke average duration of a ks, p
was Asked.
Interest in that question lsnguidly arose.
A proposition to investigate the subject vas
made. All plans of procedure were rejected
as unpracticable and uutrustworthy, how
ever, until somebody hit upon the ides of
going to the Grand Central depot at the
time Of an arriving train and accur stely OF
serving the kisses as unpremeditatediy made.
| am able TO give the resulting dsts. Thir-
teen kisses were measured as TO duration
from the instant of conLsct to that Of Gull
minztion. Two OF these were 80 instsniA-
neous that the observers noted them az :
hundredth part OF g second, and four more
were rather guessed than actually timed at 4
fftieth. All these were between women.
the next group of five kisses were recorded
at twentieth. The couples we're divided as
to sex, but were made up of persons whose
ties were presumably those of consangu nifty.
Then came full halt-minute kis5-thst OF
a little girl and q man who was doubtless
her father. The longest of the thirteen wss
over a minute, according to the timekseper,
but the reliability of the record was ques-
toned on the ground that there was a cue
cession OF kisses instead of continuous co.,
junction of the lips. This couple was CON-
pOecL clbuci VI yOuES lDtkb, Ut Oh
sweethearts who felt sure they were among
total strangers. There was no hurry or re-
serve about their sffectionate greeting.
Sand after all, /" drawied one OF the investI-
gators, "that WAS the only kiss iu the Jolly
lot, don't chew know, that was weakly / ISIS
at all-that wac deuced thing more than a
perfunctory operation. Il see ms to me, dear
boys, that circumstances ordinarily make il
impossible for US TO observe kisses in their
highest-their highest-er-er--"
Form of Development" was suggested,
"Yass, thank you. Their highest form OF
development"
WHAT is WORN BY WOMEN DURING THE
SUMMER.
Phases of unmsnliness are decidedly more
| delightful when displayed By women, In
whom even the whims and friyolities of fash
ion are bewitching to everybody who does
| not thereby suffer impoverishment. Here il
| some talk by an experienced dresser, and
| write it out for the instruction of my lady
readers. "About seven-eighths Of all the fash.
| ion reports printed" she said, "are not only
| worthless, bat positively misleading. They
are based upon what is worn in Paris, and
| May never be seen in American use at ali
| or they represent the ideas of our manufxc-
turers as to what we ought to adopt but often
Tail TO. Now, l can tell you exactly what /:
being cold in the stores, and is therefore Ger.
tain to be worn during the summer
Cotton is The fabric above all 9th.
ers in fashionable popularity. CheaE
enough in itself, it is made costly by the
addition of fine embroidery, and by the fact
that many such toilets cannot be- washed
| Therefore when you see a mountain or sea
l side maiden in simple calico, don't conclude
that she would make an inexpensive wife
1 Pongee is the only kind Of silk that is hay.
ing great sale. Pompadour lace with
raised applique flowers is IN vogue, and
brocaded black gauze is a new material
That's about all you could write that Womer
in the cities don't know already"
BEECHER AND THE REPORTERS,
A great deal is said about newspaper in.
accuracy, and most of the complaints are I'm.
| founded, or are only based on trifling errors
| 1t is an atfectation in many public men, and
1 silly one, to discredlt wholesale the reporls
of their utterances. On the other hand, the
pretenslons OF infallibility by short-hsn
l writers are not borne out by the facts Nc
l stenographer alive can take down verbatim
| the utterance of rapid speaker. Take
Bee cher for test. 1t is an object 10 him to
| have the fullest possible reports made of his
| sermons Tor the purpose of Issuing the best
| of them in pamphlets and bovks. He has
II LIE iohS puApAt CdiCSI nuG4eT-
Gus experts, and there is a notion that Ell
lingwood, who has for years been his accred-
! tied reporter, is a master Of the job. So far
l is it from being so that two other rapid men
1 are employed TO make each q separate re-
I port, and from the work of the three a copy
! is written cut. But the fallibility OF this
| system is that all are likely to fail simulta-
| neously in the extremely rapid passages. Like
l impulsive speakers generally, Bsecher speaks
1 SO slowly at times that his words can all be
| taken down in long hand. But for the next
| ten minutes he will rattle away at rate
| that defes stenography. Last Sunday he was
| forty-two minutes delivering his morning
| sermon. One of the most competent short
| nsnd reporters IN the city took every word
| of it that he could get, and the total was
| about 5000 words, or two and a half times
| the amount OF this letter. Aud that was no,
| absolutely accurate, many sentences having
| to be completed by gueeswork. Probably the
l sermon entire would have made nearly 1000
| words more. Beecher is SO sensible % q
at he recognizes the difficulties of reporl
| ing, and never grumbles at anything which
| adequately reproduce his sermons and
| speeches. "As rule" he says, 1.-THE report
ers make good hiatus in their notes so well
| that no violence is done 10 the sentiment.
Occasionally some blunderer has made me
ridiculous; but much oitener, / imagine, my
language is improved by the misrepresents.
| ton. / do not assert positively on this
point, for the reason that / am unable, when
/ see sermon Of mine in print, 10 tell how
nearly accurate it liz. OF ceUrse, can de-
| tect any departure from impor .ant mean
ings, but can't recall my words to any great
| extent"
| NEWTON AND HIS HEREsY.
The Rev. K. Heber Newton, the Episcopal
diuina who Ia To he tried On q charnn nf