Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-20
SOMETHING ABOUT KISSES.
An Extraordinary Dissertation Tor the Silly Sea
sen from Learned Authority.

An Extraordinary Dissertation Tor the silly Sea
son from a Learned Authority.
From the London Saturday Review.
Kissing il an ecstasy, insolvable problem.
It goes by favor, we are told, and goes
through favored and favorite with that cleo
trifying subtlety that no language can ex-
press. 1t is a science as old as creation. Eve
learned it in Paradise from an angel with a
white fur collar and wings of light, who
taught her Il its beauties, virtues and yarie-
ties.
A kiss has as many definitions as the world
has people In every grade of society there
is kissing; go where you viii, to what coun-
try, or among what people, and you are
tOlerably sure Of finding some facilities for
kissing. A kiss is the seal of affection. Byron
valued kiss by its length, but the mensura-
ton Of kisses went out Of fashion long ago.
Sydney Smith found much virtue in we'll
delivered kiss, and the Earl of Chesterfield
looked the world over for cool Caressing kiss
es. Harriet Martineau, who never had any
one to kiss but vagrant bluestockings and
the neighbOrs' babies, wrote about ''the kiss
OF tlC mouth that touched not the mouth, -
and C-aP little Meta ComstOck would not
take second time kisses that were not
quick, crisp and elastic. Kisses have been
called the hearts tongue and, though lover
lips Of his ldOlatress Is often more eloquent
than a library of words or a cantO of verse
A gift returned is the voice of dispieasure
but a returned kiss betOkens esteem. Dickens
valued kiss above a thousand kicks. Sir
Sidney Garth lived to learn that a kiss might
prove traitor in an angels dress Walter
Savage Lander seems to have had a passion
Tor kissing crying women, for he thought it
delightful to kiss the eyelashes Of love with
fresh tears on them. POOrJOhn Keats wrote
one evening as he sat with his knees in his
arms tOasting his toes in front of Jennie
Nelch Carlyle's hearth-tre: Il came to feel
how far above all fancy pride and tickle
maidenhOOd, all earthly pleasure, all imagin-
ed good was the warm tFemble of a deyOut
kiss"
De Lewis calls 81 kiss the door that opens
the citidel of the heart and poets and people
OF all ages have found mysterious virtue, Bit
ter-sWeet, magic and eliXirs, and lotions of
/ greater OF less potency, but the acme of hui
man happiness. wrote a pOetess, is that we
may kiss whom we please and please whom
! We kiss.
! A kiss to be success must have mutual in
/ terest; there must be a reciprocity in the Op-
! Grafton, or somebody suffers the punishment
! OF disgust. Kissing an unwilling pair Of lips
/ IS as mean a victory as rObblng a bird g
/ nest, and kissing too willing ones, is about as
| fragrant past time as making bouquets out
! of dandeliOns.
At the start the average man makes a
! bOtch Of kissing. The beauty of kiss lies in
/ its impulsiveness and impressibilty, nor is il
! possible to make the first one too brief.
/ There is danger in the attempt to make the
| initial kiss complete. The girl won't have il,
/ The thing to do is to 60 at the fair creature
/ lips slowly, so as not to fHghten her; 10 ID
| to be expected that she viii draw them away
! from the point Of attack, but instead OF re
! treat the thing for heroiBm TO do Is to kiss
her on some plaee-On the cheek, the temple
/ behind the ear, or on the hRiP, A Woman'T
faneies are as branching as the trees Of g
forest, and however unsatisfactory to the
a..
| viii, If LEFT to ITSELF make the recipient Won
| drOus indulgent next time. She viii caresl
| the spot where yOurips have been, look at the
place through a hand-glass, and dream Of the
| one who placed iJthere. When sufficient pro
gress has been made in the lOve-making t
/ warrant an ideal kiss, take it methOdically
/ with both hands and the gentle touch thai
love can teach Let the left arm go about
not her neck, to wrinkle a crepe hsee ruche-
but about her shoulders. Take her chin. il
( the right hand, allowing the three fingers Il
| touch the pretty white throat holding thu
face with the thumb and fOrehnger
which will form a sort of vice for love-
conquest. Hove her head to one side and
little backward and apprOaChings as to max
the quartet of lips describe the diameters o
an imaginary square. kiss her twice-the sec
Ond double the length of very short pre-
decessOr. This double kiss is a clue to
mans culture. Only the uncOuth ill-bFel
lover kisses as he learned to country units
The gentleman who has had the good for
tune to be born in an atmosphere of refine
ment makes a duet Of his first and final sal
utatiOn, whatever may bethe numerical Valu
of the Intermediates The well-bred Cir
wants short, sharp, swapping kisses. tina
snap inaudibly, but still pop. A kiss on tn
haSr is the kiss Of poet; tenderness is i'm
piled when the lips press the eyeids; reveI
ence is spoken when the brow is caressed, an,
| protecting love when the cheek is empedrl6d
Nothing can sanctify a kiss but love, with
out which the sweetest lips are unsavOry an,
unWhOlesOme.