Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-06
HUGGING Az A SCIENCE
A Sure Cure for Bashfulness and A Pr
motor of Blushing

1--WE are getting up a new club for this sea-
son." said a young society man of one of
Nashville's best neighborhoods to a Union
man.
"What are you going to call it," asked
the scribe. pulling out his Faber.
Don't say anything about it. Just put
up your pencil now and l will tell you
confidentially."
Up vent the pencil.
1.-The girls want something new. SO do the
boys. We've tried croquet, lawn tennis.
progressive euchre, germans, literary clubs
musicales, spook parties; cooking club and
everything else in season and out. We've
been cudgelling brains for something new
and one OF our sweetest young ladies at last
hit on the very thing"
"And that is"-
"A hugging club"
"And do you call that new? l thought
"Eot at all new as an accompaniment,
but as a sole and single object very new"
"Well?"
at is not necessary for me to expatiate
on the pleasures OF hugging. Every poet,
dead and living, has eloquently spoken it's
praise, you wont deny
Certainly not. Are married men ex-
clubed?'
Eyes, for the present. The young ladies
we're unanimously for admitting them be-
cause the1 thought that they could give
us some new points. But the young man
o~utnumbered the young ladies by one, and
at a preliminary meeting it was decided not
to admit married men,"
"And. OF course, married ladies are ex-
cluded?'
mo, indeed. We voted them in. You see
we had the majority. But it made the young
ladies fearfully angry, and it is possible
they may batus if they can rally enough at
the next meeting. But l think we'll outwit
them,"
How"
"Wby, some of the boys have agreed to
go by themselves if they can't get married
ladies to 60 with them. We are safe if girls
don't dry the sister-without-company
dodge on us We intend to have our W
way"
'What is the plan of your club"
"Stricly hugging, OF the scientific Sort
"How will you operator"
and a first, second, and third prize will be
given to those couples excelling in zeal and
skill, according to the judgment ola special
committee of one couple elected by the club
for each meeting. Every couple will be
compelled to participate except those bar
red by committee-ship."
Twill promiscuons hugging be allowed?'
mot during meeting. Every couple will
have a three minute trial by the judge, but
it will be in a room adjoining the one in
which the meeting wat held. 1t would be
too common before everybody. but just in
the presence of another couple who are ex-
pecting you to do your best it will be real
nice. There will he an eagre rivalry for the
position Of judges, you may be sure"
"Are the judges allowed'-
"Oh, no., but you see they nave the ad-
vantage OF catching on to all the latest
ciate as judges"
what do you expect to accomplish ?'
"A great many things. Frying relatives
will be badly shut out on this plan, couples
will acquire all will enjoy greater freedom
when in company with the other sex. 1t will
be q sure cure for bashfulness, will tend to
promote matrimopy and human happiness
and will be looked back to in coming years
with most delightful feelings"
when do you ORGANIZER"
"In q week or twO-just as oon intact
al the girls csmein to attend the seminaries
We expect q good membership from thai
~clsss."
drop US a note of your first meeting
will you?"
"No, you will have to excuse me. W,
have determined not to let anything about
our club he published. Some mammas ar,
so funny they would keep their li%ttleinnocn'
lambs under lock and key, or bread an(
water for twelvemonth, if they even sus
pected our desig. We are too slick for them
though. We call our club the Celestial
Circle. That means nothing. Among our
selves We are candid. and say' 'Hugginl
| Club Good evening""