Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-24
HOW TO KISS.
The First Caress must be Quick, Crisp.
and Elastic.

From the Chicago Times.
A kiss is the seal Of affection. Byron valued a
kiss by its strength and measured its strength by
its length, but the mensuration OF kisses went out
OF fashion long ago. A kiss Is a duet OF lips in
which a most holy love may be offered and ac-
cepted. To young man In the springtime OF life
kiss IS the delirium OF love. According to
Niphus kiss Is at once the token OF boldness,
confidence, and affection. A kiss is the rapture Of
bliss, the messenger OF love, the cable OF the
heart, an tndescribable, transcendent, magical
something that Is at once feast and an insatia-
BILE famine.
sydney Smith found much virtue In a well-de-
vered kiss, and the earl OF Chesterfield looked the
Martineau, who never had anyone to kiss but
vagrant bluestocklngs and the neighbOrs' babies,
wrote about .the Kiss OF the mouth that touches
not the mouth" and dear little Meta COmstOck
would not take second time kisses that were not
quick, crisp and elastic. Kisses have been called
tne hearts tongue, and though lover be never so
tress Is often more eloquent than q library OF
words or canto OF verse. A gift returned Is the
voice OF dispeaSure but returned kiss betOkens
esteem. Dickens valued a kiss above a thousand
kicks Sir Sidney Garth lived to learn that kiss
might prove traitor In an angels dress. Walter
savage Lander seems 70 have had a passion for
kissing crying women, for he thought it delightful
10 kiss the eyelaShes OF love with fresh tears on
sae rSo , yonn KEATS wrote one evening as he
front OF JEANNE WEIGH Carlyle's hearth-fire: 81
came TO feel how far above all fancy pride and
nckle maidenhood, all earthly pleasure, all i'm
agined good, was the warm tremble Of devOut
kiss"
De Lewis called kiss the door that opens the
ages have found mysterious virtue, bitter-sweet,
magic and elixirs, and lotions OF greater or less
potency, but the acme OF human happiness, wrote
a poetess Is that we may kiss whom we please and
please whom We kiss kiss to be a success must
have mutual interest; there must be a reciprocity
In the operation, or somebody suffers the punish
N mai of Tins
Is as mean victory as r0bbing birds nest and
kissing TOO willing ones is about as unfragrant a
pastime as making bouquets out OF dandeliOns.
At the start the average man makes a bOtch of
kissing. The beauty OF a kiss lies In its impu-
siyeness and It's lmpressibity. Is 1t possible to
make the nrst one TOO brief. There Is danger in
the attempt 10 make the initial kiss complete
The girl won't have IL. There Is too much auda-
cious ayarce about 1t. The thing to do Is to 90 az
the fair creatures lips slowly 80 as not 10 friehten
her. IL Is 10 be expected that she will draw them
away from the point OF attack, but instead OF re-
treat the thing for heroism TO do Is to kiss her on
some place-on the cheek, the temple, behind the
ear or on the hair. A wOman's fancies are as
branching as the trees OF a forest, and however
unsatisfactory 10 the swain the misplaced kiss
may have been, IL WILL II left to ITSELF make the
recipient wondrous indulgent next time. She will
carcss the spot where your lips have BEEN look at
the place through a hand-glass and dream of the
one who placed IL there. When SUFFICIENT progress
has been made In the love-making TO warrant the
hands and 1.-The gentle touch that love
can teach" Let the LEFT arm go about
not ncr neck, 10 Wrinkle crepe-llSSe ruche and
musS a s5-eent couture, dressed for your special
benefit, 10 doubt-but about her shoulders. Take
her chin In the night hand, allowing the three
myers TO touch the pretty white throat, holding
the lace with the thumb and forefinger which will
iofin sort OF wise for loves conquest. Move her
mead 70 one side and a little backward and, APP
proacning so as TO make the quartet OF lips de-
scribe the dlameterS OF an Imaginary square, kiss
her Iwice-ths second double the length OF its very
snoI. pteuecessor. This double kiss Is a clew TO
tia culture Only the uncouth, ili-bred lover
1855 as ne learned 10 country units The gen.
A., y n, no mas had the good fortune to be born
ms nrst and mai saiutation Whatever NAV ~ the
nun IN. value OF the intermediates. The WE'LL
Dn ars,, snort, sharp. swapping kisses that
HAT S - .he KISS OF poet; tenderness Is Implied
Mhsn tne ups press the eyeds; reverence is smoke
wSen ,hs .S Sow IS caressed, and protecting love
Nossnns can sanctify q kiss but love. without
msSn .ne sweetest lips are unsavory ana un-