Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-14
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An Experts Essay ON Hueeinv AZ a Devli.
ish Fine Art.
sAsramento f,ee

sperRmsnto Zee.
a lew days ago young gentleman re.
siding on Polk avenue Rugged his graud-
mother with such iervor that three Of the
old ledy's ribs were llslocated, AID she
now lies in precarlous condition. This,
/ may add, Is an unprecedented case.
Men have Rugged the opposite sex with
such ferocity as 20 on0anger their lives,
but then the operation WAS not
performed upon the grandmother. About
year ago a young man In the East
embraced his sSeetheart, and when the
hug was over he found she was dead
But she had long suffered rom disease
OF the heart; so he was only 10 part r..
sponeible for this melancholy occur
renee. Hugging Is u comparatively mod.
ern institution. Our ancestors never
Rugged. They calmly and Gomurely em-
brAced. Now, here pause 10 draw the
line between hug and embrace. The hug
Is an earnest, quick, impetuous con-
traction OF the muscles OF the arms ami
chest when the object to be Rugged
lies within the circle bounded by the
arms, while the chest Is the goal or lnsl
point Of the hug. The warmth Of the
mug Is determined by the extent Of the
muscular contraction. But the hug II
not, as anatomlsts assert, terminated
when the object Is brought in contact
with the chest. On the contrary, the
Of the operation. The kernel Is
hugger and the huggee is ami.
Mated, and the blade OF a knife could
scarcely be inserted between both sur.
faces. This Is, perhaps, the most DANCE :
Gus stage OF the operation. pound, nay
few ounces, of extra pressure may re-
suit, II not In the displacement OF a rib,
at least Ia the bursting OF CORSET string,
with the almost inevitable destruction Of
bangs, montagues and such like headgear
The release, II not skillfully managed, Is
also attended with danger, and should be
as gradual as tue elementary pressure.
Expressions OF anguish on the part OF
the huggee may, IS "a rule, be regarded as
| hypocrltlcal, and should have no effect
In inducing the huLger to diminish the
| pressure. In like manner all danger
signals in regard TO the arrival OF third
party on the scene should be Investigated
| by the party OF the tirst part before re.
ceiving the attention the &, nuiue arrival
OF parent or guardian might command
| This may be done by a quick glance over
the shoulder, and this rapid change
| OF the direction OF the head
may be accomplished by u little practice
without making any relaxation OF pres
sure necessary II the warning should
prove TO be without foundation the deceit
may be punished by from two to three
pounds additional pressure, but so grad
ual that none Of the adornments OF III,
person Rugged may suffer For these
little accidents rutile the temper and EN-
bitter the memory OF the operatlo Th'
small affairs OF the toilet are not &C
complished easily, and the female mine
liz ruffled by the destruction OF the la
borious establishment Of the morning
hour.
Near relatives should be embraced ant
not Rugged The embrace IL mercy tn
throwing out and partial contraction o
the arms, without any special attention
to an objective point. An especially
young and pretty aunt may be excepted
and have known cases where an eX
tremely Juvenile and goodlooking STEP
mother has been the occasion Of the merg
ing OF the embrace Into the hug. Blu
this Is rarely done, and Is attended wit
much danger, particularly II the embrace
IL dependent on the purse Of the oil
man for the necessities, as well as tn
luxurles, of life. TO embrace mother
in.law IL hollow mockery, aud shoul
he attempted only when some impor,ar
object has to be attained, and even the
we doubt II II is excusable. A cousi
may be either Rugged or embraced, as III
fancy Of the operator may dictate, I'll
choice depending solely on the age sn
good looks Of this most convenient. an
delightful relation.