Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-11
THE SOCIAL WORLD.

Says 1 to myself, says I, the spring time draweth
nigh:
And sweet poets they viii sing of the beauties of
the spring,
With It's fragrance and ita flowers, and its fleet
ing summer showers,
That like benedictions fall from the sky, so high
sad dry,
Butfor me reserve the bliss, sweeter yet thsn all
of this, 70 .ndelay of poets sighe,
Of an Emma Abbott kiss from the flies.
AS the joys and sorrOws of this fleeing
life are largely made up of trifies and as
it is the aim of the custodian of society to
keep the readers of this column posted on
all the points of etiquette, 1t may not be
amiss at this period for the society man
10 come down from his dignifed perch, so
to speak. and descant for the time upon
the habit of kissing.
If any fair reader of these lines is OPP
posed to having so tender and delicate
a subject ventilated, she may be advised at
once to close her mental vision to the
theme, but let her be admonished that for
ever hereafter, LET her pucker up her ruby
mouth ever so temptingly, its honey or
dew will moi be slipped by any bee that
roves. If any authority were needed TO
back so vital subject, so replete with the
Joy of existence, could not history unvail
a thousand presidents where even the fate
of kingdoms have been decided on the
delicate and fragile tenor of kiss. But
let US not seek to 60 beyond the returns,
for in these times the custom of
kissing is as common as at any
period of the worlds history.
And why should it not be; man is the only
animal who enjoys the pastime of kissing.
The pulling infant on first coming into this
vale of tears is subjected TO the fondling
caress Of a kiss, and from this time to the
grave man and woman seal their compacts
of faith, affection and love with kiss.
A great deal may be said Oh this subject
without doing it justice. The true inward
ness of a kiss depends altogether on the
kisser. Some people kiss by rote, and
then there is a sort of machine kissing.
Both of these are cold, clammy, nerveless
and bloodless. There is of course the
modest and quiet kiss, sacred to funerals
and partings; then there is the conventionS
al society kiss, which is as freely
exchanged between ladies of fashion
as hair pins or mint drops;
again there is the subdued, earnest and
soulful kiss, as quiet as dewtal but very
enhancing; another species is the seal
skinny sack, solitaire diamond, dignifed
and high falutin kiss; this is n. e. and not
worth the powder. It is well to copper On
this kind of kiss; it was gotten up by the
arch enemy to entrap and deceive. The
gushing kisser is always subject of COM
miseration; they will kiss with postage
stamp smack and blush like a bunch of
peonies, just as though they had done
something to be ashamed of. The variety
of kisses is endless, and to enjoy the gen
uine article much depends upon the mouth
of the kissee; the ideal mouth
should be not too large, but just
large enough for good impact;
the lips should be peachy, as soft as velvet
and the roster the better; they should not
pout too much as this is evidence of q
cranky nature, and many man has staked
his fortune on pouting mouth and got
left.
Last Monday night the writer sat along
side of a gentleman friend in the Opera
house and together solution was sought
of the Wanted charm of the Emma Abbott
kiss in the balcony scene of Romeo and
Juliet. The accessories were all present;
the sleepy eye that speaks the dreamy
soul, the palpitating gush of music, the
brilliant glitter of gems, the flash of light,
enhancing sentiment and lovely lips
that would have tempted an anchorite.
A gentleman remarked that this act was
"lally cooler" The writer looked the
phrase up and found that it is Greek for
heart foam and daisy. Still, while there
was something in the Abbott salute, and
certain magic in the manner in which she
and Romeo excanged saliva and labial
taffy which sent warm current through
the audience, it was lacking in tropical
sweetness. We are not much on the kiss
ing racket, but we once knew of man who
could extract more bliss from an overtime
garden-wan kind of a little girl than there
is sweetness in a hive of honeycombs or
field full of new mown hay. There is
sunny south rapture, an out in cutter,
caught in tunnel, starry night for ram
bic sort of kiss that lays so far over the
deck Of the simulated stage presence arti-
Gle, thai there are not words enough in the
English language to describe it.
The roller skating rink is being very
well patronized.
Bishop Ireland returned from his east
ern trim last FRIDAY
Mr.. E. D. Brown and wife of Milwaukee,
are at the Windsor.
The Ladies' Vocal club will meet at the
usual place on Wednesday.
James Malloy and wife, Sioux City, IA,
are guests at the Metropolitan.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Knappen, of Monte
vidio, are sojourning at the Windsor.
Mr.. c. E. Blackwood, wife and family.
of Valley City, D. T., are at the Windsor
Col. Belote of the Metropolitan is slow
ly recovering from the effects of his fall.
Mr., and Mrs. E. D. Moore, of Grand
Rapids, Michigan, are at the Metropolitan.
Miss Nellie Beeson, of ergus Falls, is
visiting Miss Lulu Smith. of Nina ayenue.