Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-18

plan, with a twinkle IN MS eye, 'that very
few people haYe any idea how to embrace
woman gracefully and effectively. Al
the first thought it would appear that nc
instruction is necessary to show fellow
how to put his arm around pretty girl
and print a kiss upon her lips. But let
the amateur stage lover try it before spec
to tors and he will be very likely to find
himself entangled in train of delicate
silk that must be neither stepped on nor
stepped over; he will stagger under the
weight of healthy female whose arms
are clasped tightly about his neck, and
when she walks he will step out with the
wrong foot, and the gait will be anything
but graceful glide.
$50 the art of love-making and the art
of kissing,' continued the old stager,
shave been carefully studied by the lead
ing actresses of the day, and each of them
have their peculiar methods of meeting
lips with lips. Pretty Miss Nelson used
to hang about Romeo's neck with an
ecstatic abandon that was almost frantic
at times, and when the kiss came it staid
long while. Mrs. Langtry, it is said,
doesn't impress the spectators with the
idea that she wants to be kissed, as she al
lows her leading man to touch her lips re-
spectfully, and seems very i'll at ease
while she is in his arms. Miss
Mary Anderson is rather difficult to kiss
nicely, because she is too tall to nestle
down upon Mr.. Downing's broad chest.
She kisses in good straightforward
way, however, as though she isn't
ashamed of it, and there is no nonsense
about the performance. It's in the part,
and she does it without putting any very
delicate touches to it. Miss Catherine
Lewis, whose sprightly ways in opera
bouffe win for her hosts of male admirers
in every city she visits, has evidently given
a great deal of thought to the art. She
wraps her arms about the neck of her mock
lover as if she wanted to make them go
twice around, and when she is sure of her
grip she gives hungry snap, and then all
is still for few seconds, Suddenly there
is a loud pop and the operation is over.
Her sister, Miss Jeffreys-Lewis, is some
thing like her, bnt her methods are more
subdued. A favorite bit of business of
sit in chair and she comes
before him. She walks cautiously
around him, as though she was watching
for place to light on. With whirl she
lights on her knees and bends backward
over his right knee, tossing her arms about
his neck and drawing his face close to hers.
For moment she looks into his eyes and
then proceeds to business. The kiss is
long, quiet. and dreamy, and means
whole volumes.
''Modjeska kisses in an intellectual fash
ion. She prefers to be kissed rather than
to kiss, and her graceful movements make
her an easy person to act with. There is
no unnecessary clutching and clawing to
hold on to her lover. She rests upon his
bosom in a picturesque way that is very
pleasing to the eye. Lolita just pecks at a
fellows face, and is liable to strike
anywhere between the eyes and the
chin. There is a jump and smack, and
that's all. It's the worst kind of a kiss,
because it can't be anticipated, and the
actor only realizes what it is when it's all
over. Clara Morris teeth have been dis
colored and depleted by too much medi-
cine, and her mouth is not an inviting one
for this reason. There is nothing girlish
about her kisses. They are womanly and
business-like. Janauschek has very little
kissing to do, but she never tarries over it
when it is to be done. She places her ia
vors on the forehead in maternal sort of
way, and doesn't appear to elicit nor be-
stow much satisfaction. Sara Jewett, the
leading lady of the Union Square theater,
is said to bestow kiss as soft as velvet,
and has become noted for the grace
with which she can pose within a pair
of manly arms. Her scenes with
Charles R. Thorne were always pretty, be-
cause she was about the right relative
height to his. Maud Changers kisses are
generally restored with her head reclining
languidly on the shoulder of her lover and
a magnificent pair of arms entwining him.
Fanny Davenport is much too large for a
man of ordinary statute to look we'll with
her in his arms. She generally assumes
the entire responsibility of the kiss, and it's
straight stand up performance. Alice
Oates spreads her arms out wide and goes
right for the objective point with will.
and the labial sound is noisy and indelicate
When the kiss is given long drown sigh, a
shake of the head, and perhaps backward
kick indicates her delight. There was an
alarming uncertainty about Soldene's kisses
which made it toss up whether the kisser
would have to go on the inside or remain
out of doors.
"Buchupaiba,"
n,11o 10 oil