Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-23
A SKELETON KISS.
The Curions sample of Oscillation Given
Down at ST. Louis.
Post. Dfauafrh

The Curious sample of ejaculation Gwen
Down Rt -. Louis.
Post Dispatch
The exact difference between the kiss
Of two women and the kiss of a man and
woman has never been clearly defined.
That there is a difference Is plain TO
any one who ever saw examples of the
two kinds OF kisses 1t is a marked DIFF
ference, and yet it is so delicate and un-
dennable TO express 1t in words is to deal
in nuances Of meaning that would run u
dictionary maker mad.
IL Is one Of those subtle, illusory things
which is the expression Of mental mood
OF a shade OF motive color In an action.
IL Is sort Of psychological CIPHER with
the key LOST a puzzle with no rule TO
solve II by.
With all this the difference is so marked
that one can feel IL In the air with the
eyes bandaged. While it IL not in the
smack, nor IN the touch, nor In the atti-
tude, nor in the forward impulses, nor in
the eyes, lips or any other one element,
il is IN them all. The spirit of the two
kisses is totally diff rent.
woman kissing a woman can ape
each particular element in the kiss Of
man NhA WbllhAlf buL tht sum iRNhl WAL
vary There will be something lacking
which will leave hollow, mockng
vacancy In the yearning fancy Of the spec
tator
Take for instance the kisses that Miss
Harvey and Miss Starr daintily shower on
each other In "Prince Methusalem." 1t
is a capital Illustration OF the subject
They fairly pour kisses on each other.
they pretend 10 be desperately In love-
loye-sicki they try TO gaze with melting
tenderness into each others eyes, and TO
WOO the warmth OF the loye-kind!ing
diety
Aud yet each and every kiss, and all
the kisses and the entire kiss scene and
combinations are distinct failures
This Is shown IN the way the kisses are
received when they are given. II 1t were
II real lover or even pretty tenor giving
the kisses, instead Of Miss Harvey. there
would be sigh Of sympathy from every
throat In the garden. AS II Is, a smile
passes along the rows and Is registered
In the dim light of moon and gas jet.
Miss Harvey grasps Miss Starts waist
In whole-hog encircllug way that prom
ises TO pan something nervous and
rapturous They nestle together as II
each expected sweet and sugary return,
and then they begin TO kiss, aud they kiss
and kiss until, II the kisses were lovers
kisses, the mercury would run up among
the leaves OF the trees and the heat would
scorch the wings and melt the ice in Nc
Nesry's refrigerator.
| AS IL Is, the mercury drops peg or
| two and slight SILVER creers over the
front rows.
The lips OF the two klssers meet and
part and meet and part, time and again,
with yigor and force, but not one single
spark Of warmth is struck off
Instead OF looking into each Others
eyes with that fixed, searching, dlssolv-
ing glance that half closes the eye-lids
and puts the middle-aged people into
reminiscent moods, while II sends the
hands OF the youngsters out into the darn
TO search for aillnitles, their eyes dror
and look at the opposite mouth as II &c
lind the precise spot TO plant the kiss
Lovers could look for souls In the melt
ing depths Of eyes, and would let tht
mouths take care OF themselves, and they
would, too, They would get there in tn,
dark.
The idea OF two fervent kissers watch
Ing each others mouths as II they wer,
not certain exactly what they were run
ming aSuluslt VI 40 ii lHSN WtIt uOl sur
1t was all right, or as IL they had to locat
the right spot, is absurd 1t Is prepos
ferrous. II makes the cold chills rul
down moonlight pleknicker's back Il
think of It. To dim light and darl
, parlor couple 1t Is simply laughable.
a reflection on lovers Of all times, age
and conditions.
With all the yigor that Is thrown int
J the kisses there is one element which
noticeably lacking. This is the paus
, when the lips meet, It's the distinct ca
/ mark OF the lovers kiss, and all the ius
} and tervor and impulse thrown around
! cannot make up for its absence.
+ stamps the supreme moment Of the ser
Q sationi when the inner sweetness gets
4 It's work. when the coheslyepess l
y strongesti when the atomic attractio
D gives the hardest pull; when the touc
OF the lips merges into the contact {
}, souls.
A kiss without It is like lobster sala
without the lobster; ice-cream withou
4 the cream bouquet without flowers
/ pate de foie gtas without the ioie gras
4 a ripping brook without water; a sea
j. skin sacque without the seal skin;
L Thanksgiving dinner without the turkey
4 a moonlight picnic without the moon;
o dance without music; hug without
Q girl. In word, II is kiss wlthou
love, love without sentiment, and sent
Q ment without soul.
Q II is not kiss at all. 1t Is mor
o birds peck delusion; an evanescel
/ shadow q mockery; an attenuated skel,
II ton without blood or flesh; a mere fran,
@ work OF bones and clothes
4 II is kiss with an overcoat and mu
hers on,
4 IL gives the spectators the cold chilli
!. A sound mind goes very seldom will