The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-20
presentday faint their breaths. .'Their

ladies', dined with him, aud the Queen
nothing 10th herself, perhaps for les
| son, commanded the EWbassadOr to
teach her suite the English mode OF
salutation. Whiteback fell to work at
his pleasing task immediately, and,
after sscoy and pretty deferses" from
his pupils, soon found In them the
most apt scholars, and ready to carry
out his Instructions to the letter. But
this practice OF universal kissing In
England fell into disuse. In the time
OF those ascetic monarchs, William aud
Mary, It was very little practised, and
from that time out continued to be
restricted to its proper use, and en-
ployed only on proper occasions-such
for instance, AS when beauty ie
caught asleep, or under the msstletoe,
where 1t Is always In order.
kissing makes the great Esster offer
ing In Russia. On the day when they
Hear the herald angel sing.
Glory to the heaven-born King
every member of family salute.
every other member. The Gear salutes
his family, rettnue, court aud atten-
dants, and likewise honors In similar
fashiou his officers who are on parade,
the sentinals at the palace gates, and
also select party of private soldie,s, >,
who are regarded as the representatl-
YES of the entire army; public EN-.
ployees salute their principals and one
another acquaintances greet each
other "with q loving kiss )" the Gem
erai embraces the. officers OF bis crops,
the Colonel those of his regiment, aud
so on ad infinitum. In some parts Of
the realm anybody may be compelled
to kiss anybody else, and the meanest
serf, ii he meets a high-born lady in
the street, has but to say "Christ has
risen," and he will receive q kiss.
This, it must be confessed, is running
the time.honored custom, as we'll as
the luxury OF kissing, into the ground.
AS stolen kiss, like a stolen grape. Is
the sweetest, so 1t is to be presumed
that somewhat exclusive kiss proves
more palatable than a universal one,
even to Russian,
1t is to be presumed that in that gay
and gallant nation, France, kissing is
as much practiced as in any other, but
the regulations by which the theatre,,
to say the least of that republic, are
governed, would seem to give the lie
to that presumption. Any actor kiss.
ing an actress against her consent is
liable to a fino of certain number OF
francs. The husband of a once pop,
nlar Partisan actress summoned the
stage lover before the proper tribunal
for having kissed his wife to most
alarming and unwarrantable extent.
The defendant pleaded in justification
TIM nf tho t,fc ~
proved, and with all the audacity OF
lover, stage Or otherwise, he expressed
his willingness Ito settle the matter by
returning the kisses. But this offer
was rejected with indignation by the
husband. In the majority Of cases the
stage kiss is mere makeshift. Actres.
ses have their likes aud dislikes, and
the instances are many where act
rcsses have requested men playing
opposites to them not to absolutely
carry out the required business of the
scene, by imprinting kiss in reality,
where it is called for, but by simulats
ing 1t. Some actolJ, too, have wives
on the stage, aud, If they are detected
in taking undue familiarity with an.
other actress in this respect, Caudle
lecture, to put it in its mildest form,
would be sure 10 prove the result.
1t is said (but the truth of the story
the writer has no means of knowingly
that the women Of Finland have
singular and strong dislike to iudui-
gence in what the women in other
pations Of the world receive with the
greatest favor; and Il married Finnish
woman, on learning that 1t was no un-
common thing for mau in England
or America to kiss his wife, expressed
the most positive disgust, and declared
that If her husband dared to take such
a liberty {nark you that !! with her
she would give him such.a box that
his ears would tinglo for a month
Who would be Finnish man?
Among the few anecdotes of kissing
10 be found, really good one is that
one told of the Cardinal John, of Lo.-
rsine. On being one day presented to
the Duchess of Savoy, the lady, much
to his indignation, held out her hand
to him to kiss. His ire was aroused.
elbow, madam ?" he exclaimed "am
l to be treated in this manner? kiss
the Queen my mistress, who is the
greatest queen IN the world, and shall
1 not ISIS you, dirty little duchess :?
l would have you know that have
kissed as handsome ladies and of as
great and greater beauty than you ?"
Whereupon he made direct assault
on the lips of the Duchess and despite
her resistance, implanted three resound-
ing kisses on her mouth, and then re-
leased her with a laugh OF triumph.