Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-26
Hugging.
From the Sacra aento Bs..

A few days ago young gentleman re-
siding on Polk avenue Rugged mis- grand
mother with such tervOr that three of the
old lady's ribs were dislocated, and she
now lies in precarlous condition. This,
| may add, is an unprecedented case.
Men have Rugged the opposite sex with
such ferocity as to endanger their lives,
but then the operation was not perfOrme
upon the grandmother. About year ago
young man in the East embraced his
sweetheart, and wnen The hug was over
be found she was dead. But she had long
suffered from a disease OF the heart; 50 be
was only in part responsible for toe mel
anchOly occurrence. Hugging is a COM
paratively modern institution. Our an
cestors never Rugged. They calmly and
demurely embraced, Now, here pause
10 draw the line between the bug and em-
brace. The hug is an earnest, quick,
impetuous contraction of the mus
Giles OF the arms and chest when the
object to be Rugged lies within the
circle bounded by the arms,
while the chest is the goal or final point
OF the hug. the warmth OF the hug is de-
termined by the extent of the muscular
contraction. But the hug is not, as ana
tomIsts assert, terminated when the object
IS brought in contact with the cnest. On
( the contrary, the sweeping in 10 but the
she'll of the operation. The kernel Is
reached when the space between the hug
ger and the huggee is annihilated, and the
blade OF knife could scarcely be inserted
between botn surfaces. This is, perhaps,
the most dangerous stage OF the operation.
A pound, nay few ounces, OF extra
pressure may result, il not in the dis
placement OF rib. at least in the burst
ing of corset ring, with the almost
Inevitable destruction OF bangs, mon
tagues and such like headgear. The re-
lease, If not skillfully managed, is also
attended with danger, and should be as
gradual as the elementary PRESSURE!
Expressions OF anguish on tue part of
the huggee may, as rule, be regarded as
hypocrItical, and should have no effect in
inducing he hugger to d minish the press
ure. 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 first part before receiving
the attention the genuine arrival OF a
parent or guardian might command.
This may be done by quick glance over
the shoulder, and this rapid change OF the
direction OF the head may be accomplished
by little practice, without making any
relaxation of pressure necessary. IL the
warning should prove to be without fOun-
dalton, the deceit may be punished by
from two to three pounds additional
pressure, but so gradual that none OF the
adornments OF the person rugged may
suffer. For these little accidents ruftje
the temper and embltier the memory Of
the operation. The small affairs OF the
toilet are not scconp lished easily, and
the female mind IL ruffled by the destruc-
ton of the laborious embellishments OF
the morning hour.
Near relatives should be embraced and
not Rugged. The embrace is merely the
throwing out and partial contraction OF
the arms, without any special attention
to an objective point. An especially
young ara pretty aunt may be excepted,
and have known cases where an ex-
tremely juvenile and CONDITIONING step
mother mas been the occasion OF the merg-
ing OF the mbrace into ths hug. But this
Is rarely done, and IL attended with much
danger, particularly il the embracer is
dependent on the purse OF the old man for
the necessities. as well as the luxuries Of
life. TO embrace nother-in-law is a
hollow mockery, and should be attempted
only when some important object has TO
be attained, and even then we doubt II 1t
is excusable. A cousin may be either
hugged or embraced, as the fancy of the
operator NAV dictate, the choice depend
ing solely ON the age and good looks of
this most convenient and delightful Tela-
ton.