Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-15

From the Eroch.
Kissing has been in vogue ever since Adam
kissed Eve In the Garden OF Eden. 1t Is frequently
referred to in the Scriptures as indicating rever
ence. submission and affection The oscutu"'
pacis or kiss OF peace was anciently given by the
faithful one to the other as testimony OF the cor.
diality OF affection. After the priest had given
the salutation OF peace. the deacon ordered the
people to salute one another with holy Kiss
Eyen to this day male members Of certain rengi-
the injunction, salute the brethren with q
kiss" In ancient Rome kiss Was a religious GER
em0ny. The nearest friend OF dying person IRE
ceived bis SOUP by kiss, for the soul was sup
posed to leave the body through the lips. Pliny
tntimates that the Roman woman began 70 de-
generate when they INDUCED in indiscriminate
There are historical kisses on record, some o!
which were important enough to shape political
by Antony and Cleopatra and Henry VIII and
Anne Anne Boeyn shook an empire and destroyed re-
to The John Of
her hand TO kiss, at which the great churchman
became indignant. "I1l not be treated In this
mistress, and Snail not KISS you you who are only
duchess!" Though the proud little Portuguese
princess resisted. he kissed her squarely on the
ing the emperor's daughter at midnight she car
ried him home on her back so that his footsteps
might not be traced In the snow. The emperor
heard OF 1t and made her take him for the rest OF
her life.
The poets know how to appreciate kisses and
ciasslned them 10 some extent There Is the stolen
kiss
1.-The kiss snatch'd hasty from the sidelong maid"
Thomson expresses it. There Is the cling1ng
Kiss OF which Byron speaks:
"A long. long kiss, kiss Of youth and love"
Then there is the soothing kiss referred to by
Lady Mary Worthy Montague:
"Be plain in dress. and sober in your diet;
In short, my deary. kiss me and be quiet"
Shakespeare was partial TO kisses from misses in
their teens, though In "Twelfth Night" he does
not object TO an extra year, for he says:
Then come kiss me. sweet-and- twenty"
Lord Lansdowne, in his "Heroic Love-" was q
believer In the instantaneous exchange:
ai: tah0 By sni 1T gives
Thomas Davis ''best' girl must have used him
pretty cleverly, don't you think?
Kisses and welcome you'll find here before you.
Campbell, 1t would seem, never forgot his sweet
hearts first kiss:
"How delicious is the winning
OF kiss at loves beginningl"
Thomas Carew didn't 60 into rapture over the
permission:
II do not love thee. for those soft
he'd coral lips I've kissed 30 Oft"
Charlotte +. Bates has her fling at kisses ia an
apostrophe OF intense regretiulness:
"All the kisses that have given
grudge from my soul to-day,
would wipe the thought away"
The kiss OF the souless frt is scored in the sub
Joined cOuplet Dy Par1ell:
Then in a kiss she breath'd her various arts
OF thrilling prettily with wounded hearts."
Probably no verse on kissing is more sprightly
than the one by Leigh Hunt, founded upon an in
cident which befell MIN when he bore Carlyle news
that the government had just granted the great
ScOtchman pension OF c3OO sterling year:
"Jenny kissed me when we sat-
Jumping from the chair she sat in
Time, you thief, who love to get
Sweets into your list put them ini
Say, I'm weary. say I'm sad,
Say that health and wealth have missed ma
Say I'm growing old; but add,
Jenny kissed mel"